Philadelphia-based Main Line Health has opened an 80,000-square-foot outpatient center in Media, Pa., according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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President Obama has released his proposal for a health reform bill, which he will carry into a televised meeting on health reform with Democrat and Republican Congressional leaders on Thursday.
WellPoint explained why it wants to increase rates as much as 39 percent for individual insurance at its California subsidiary, Anthem Blue Cross, in a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The chief impetus of Medicare spending from 1987-2006 moved from inpatient hospital services to outpatient treatment of chronic conditions, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
A federal workgroup has shown interest in giving hospitals and physicians greater flexibility in meeting CMS' proposed rule on meaningful use standards to qualify for electronic health record incentive payments, according to a report by AHA News Now.
Here is a list of 13 orthopedic- and spine-driven ASCs and a few of the reasons why they have been so successful.
More than 3 million people enrolled in Medicaid in the year ended in June 2009, pushing enrollment to a record 46.8 million, according to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation and cited in a Washington Post story.
President Obama is expected to release a new healthcare reform legislation over the weekend, before his healthcare summit with Republicans scheduled for next week, according to a report by the New York Times.
Over 26 percent of physicians responding to a post on Sermo, the world's largest online community of physicians, said they have either been forced to close or are considering closing their solo practices, according to a Sermo news release.
Here are 10 statistics and facts about joint replacement from a comprehensive CDC report titled, "Health, United States, 2009," under the section, "Special Feature, Medical Technology."