Direct and indirect costs of treating heart failure in America could more than double from $31 billion in 2012 to $70 billion in 2030, according to a policy statement from the American Heart Association.
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Although New Orleans-based Children's Hospital leaders signed a lease agreement for the shuttered New Orleans Adolescent Hospital, they announced in a statement Thursday that they do not intend to reopen the facility to provide mental health services, according to a…
Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured adults, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
The American Hospital Association has expanded its Sustainability Roadmap website, adding additional free resources to help hospitals reduce their environmental footprints.
Fewer than 11 percent of residents from Westchester County, N.Y., a county roughly 30 miles north of New York City, travel to Manhattan for hospital care, according to a study by the Westchester County Association Healthcare Consortium.
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HHS announced it would allot a total of $54 million to 33 states to fund "navigators," who will reach out to the uninsured and assist them in enrolling on the health insurance marketplaces.
Consumer education may help reduce the number of emergency ambulance calls for problems that could be safely managed in another setting, according to a study in Emergency Medicine Journal.
In March, revenue cycle firm Craneware announced it will support the Alzheimer's Association and Alzheimer Scotland as part of its corporate responsibility program.
New Jersey Medicaid accountable care organizations could save an estimated $284 million if 13 low-income regions performed at the level of the region with the best cost profile, according to a report by Rutgers Center for State Health Policy.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that about 71 million Americans with private health insurance received coverage for at least one free preventive healthcare service in 2011 and 2012, because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.