National Medicaid enrollment and spending growth are expected to rise in fiscal year 2014, driven by improving economic conditions and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.
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Newport Beach, Calif.-based Newport Hospital Corporation has secured $65M of $70M needed to finance a new hospital on Kaanapali, Maui in Hawaii from an unidentified real estate investment trust, according to a report from the Pacific Business News.
A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect the uninsured population state-by-state.
The University of Tennessee Athletics Department has hired Ashley Bonck Wilson as an associate director of sports medicine.
IndyCar driver Dario Franchitti has undergone surgery to temporarily stabilize a broken right ankle at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston.
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Erin S. Dupree, MD, has been appointed CMO and vice president of the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare.
Contractors processed 2.9 million redeterminations involving 3.7 million claims for Medicare Parts A and B in 2012, a 33 percent increase compared with 2008, according to a report from the HHS Office of Inspector General.
A post on Kevin MD discusses how healthcare professionals can address patients more comfortably and appropriately.
James Andrews, MD, will perform elbow surgery later this month on pitcher Matt Harvey of the New York Mets.
James Andrews, MD, has performed arthroscopic surgery to remove a bone spur from the elbow of New York Yankees relief pitcher Boone Logan, according to a report from The Star-Ledger.