Health insurer WellPoint has reported an 8.6 percent decrease in second-quarter net income, from $800.1 million in the 2013 to $731.1 million this year.
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Second-quarter income at health insurer Humana decreased by 18.1 percent, from $420 million in 2013 to $344 million this year.
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Community Hospital in Munster, Ind., opened a $34 million family birthing unit expansion project, according to report by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
Detroit Medical Center will open its $78 million heart hospital on Aug. 4.
Van Nuys, Calif.-based Valley Presbyterian Hospital received a $100,000 grant from the California Community Foundation for the implementation of a medication reconciliation pilot program in the emergency department.
Baltimore-based University of Maryland Schools of Dentistry and Medicine received a $10.7 million grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to study the causes, prevention and treatment of sexually-transmitted diseases.
In a 3-0 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled against a conservative group that filed a lawsuit alleging Congress violated the origination clause of the Constitution by imposing new taxes when it…
Rye Brook, N.Y.-based health insurer Universal American Corp. has reported a net loss of $9.8 million for the second quarter, bringing its net loss for the first half of 2014 to $14.9 million.
Lower neighborhood socioeconomic status was significantly associated with six-month all-cause hospital readmission for patients with heart failure, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.