Overland Park, Kan., is the best city in the U.S. for people with disabilities, according to analysis by WalletHub.
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The Veterans Administration entered into a provider agreement with Atlantic City, N.J-based AtlantiCare to enhance veteran's access to care by granting VA Choice Program members access to AtlantiCare facilities, with approval from the VA.
A community program designed to increase primary care visits among Medicaid patients successfully reduced emergency department visits among this population by nearly 30 percent, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
Public health experts and physicians are calling on the National Institutes of Health to renew research into gun violence, following the deadliest mass shooting in modern Amreican history, which killed 58 people and injured 500 in Las Vegas Sunday night,…
A community program designed to increase primary care visits among Medicaid patients successfully reduced emergency department visits among this population by nearly 30 percent, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services chose Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and AmeriHealth Caritas to operate its Medicaid managed care program.
CMS released its annual Landscape Files comprising plan participation, premium and benefit design data for 2018 Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D markets.
Sidewalk Labs, the "urban innovation group" of Google's parent company Alphabet, spun out a startup focused on preventive healthcare, CNBC reports.
Allentown, Pa.-based Sacred Heart Hospital will cease labor and delivery services, which have been available at the hospital for more than 100 years, Oct. 10, according to LVB.com
The CDC's Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services is researching how blockchain could improve data sharing related to public health crises, according to MIT Technology Review.