A new study found eliminating the health insurance deductible for screening tests modestly improved use of blood-cholesterol tests, Pap smears, mammograms and fecal-occult blood tests, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Health Blog.
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Medicare and Medicaid could save $3.5 trillion over 25 years by implementing "coordinated care" in place of fee-for-service payments, according to a release by UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest insurer.
The City of Indianapolis and non-profit Clarian Healthcare moving forward with a $192 million neuroscience facility development in the city's downtown area, according to an Indianapolis Star report.
Patient advocacy groups and insurance providers are in disagreement over the need for cancer insurance, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Phoenix-based Banner Health is planning to open its newest facily, Banner Ironwood Medical Center in San Tan Valley, Ariz., by Nov. 1, according to a San Tan Valley Today report.
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Marion (Ohio) General Hospital has agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve self-reported allegations of the Stark Act and Anti-Kickback Statute, according to a Marion Star report.
Here is a list of 10 hospitals that are currently planning or undergoing expansion or renovation, in order from most expensive to least expensive expansion.
Hospital leaders will need to change medical staffing as the landscape of the healthcare industry, including the healthcare workforce, continues to change due to a variety of ongoing or impending forces. For example, hospitals are struggling to balance budgets in…
Hospital budgets are become increasingly constrained as a result of declining Medicare reimbursements, less funding and a struggling economy. Because of these dynamics and in efforts to protect their bottom line, many hospital CEOs are turning to outsourcing various services,…
The four largest private health insurers denied policies to one out of every seven applicants for individual policies in 2007-2009, based on pre-existing medical conditions, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.