Florence Comite, MD, has an identical twin sister, yet Dr. Comite maintains that they aren't identical. "Despite the fact that we came from a single egg meeting a sperm, dividing and then separating, I'm an inch taller. We both eat…
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The 169-bed Chesire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (N.H.) acute-care hospital launched a new system to reduce prescription opioid abuse, an issue which has escalated to epidemic levels in New Hampshire and may contribute to the area's heroin problem, according to health…
Half of primary care physicians in California are still unfamiliar with the law mandating radiologists to notify women if they have dense breast tissue, and many don't feel comfortable answering patients' questions regarding breast density, according to University of California…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC and health insurer Highmark have entered into an agreement regarding Highmark member access to Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC for 2015, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
The Health Care Transformation Task Force, a 28-member group of providers, payers, policy groups and other partners committed to shifting 75 percent of their business to value-based payment arrangements by 2020, kicked off its initiative with a list of principles…
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BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee and Nashville, Tenn.-based MissionPoint Health Partners greed to extend their accountable care network agreement two years and expand its offerings, according to the Nashville Business Journal. MissionPoint Health is a Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable…
Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku, Hawaii, has seen a 25 percent increase in ER visits over the last five years, according to a Maui Now report.
Anthem is joining other health insurers in the shift from traditional fee-for-service medicine to value-based pay, according to a Forbes report.
Cigna has announced three more collaborative care agreements starting this year to achieve goals similar to that of an accountable care organization: improved access, coordination, population health, affordability and customer experience.
The non-profit organization Michigan Rural Healthcare Preservation, was formed in 2009 to address the critical stresses facing America's rural healthcare providers.