After four years, 100 percent of Colorado health safety net providers who received grants from the Colorado Health Foundation had implemented an electronic health record system or planned to do so in the next 18 months, according to a foundation…
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UnitedHealth Group recently set a forecast of its 2012 gains, and it expects a long-term goal of 13 percent to 16 percent annual growth in earnings per share, according to a Reuters report.
Medicaid spending is expected to consume a larger share of state budgets even though overall state spending is not expected to grow much over the next few years, according to the fall Fiscal Survey of States (pdf) report from the…
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll recently showed that 44 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act while 37 percent have a favorable opinion.
The Illinois Department of Revenue is reportedly considering a proposal that would charge non-profit hospitals property tax but offer them credits for free care provided to the needy, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association has filed suit against the state's plan to reduce Medicaid payments to providers by 5 percent, retroactive to Oct. 1, according to an Arizona Republic report.
The American Medical Group Association announced it will soon launch the next phase of its Accountable Care Collaborative: Transforming to a Value-Based System of Care, and is inviting interested medical groups to join the year-long program, according to an AMGA…
CMS has postponed its planned Dec. 6 conference call on the Value-Based Purchasing program and will reschedule the call for an undetermined date, according to an AHA News Now report.
Jeffrey Hoffman, a healthcare strategist with Kurt Salmon, recently discussed Wal-Mart's potential expansion of in-store health clinics in a USA Today report.
According to a Premier healthcare alliance report, 15 hospitals and health systems recently saved $1.1 million with Premier Insurance Management Services on their hospital professional liability insurance premiums.