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NewsJohns Hopkins, Walgreens collaborate to improve chronic care
Johns Hopkins Medicine has entered a partnership with Walgreens to improve outcomes of patients with chronic diseases, as well as collaborate on population-based research, the companies announced Read more...
Precision medicine could be the key to better, cheaper care
Most agree that fee-for-service reimbursement incentivizes providers to earn more by treating patients more aggressively. But Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen, and other Read more...
Primary-care shortage puts medical home model out of reach
The country may not be ready to shift to a primary-care medical home model, according to a University of Michigan Health System study published in Medical Care, because, simply put, there aren't Read more...
Groups share details on $2T cost-savings offer
Still wondering how a collection of even the most powerful healthcare groups can shave $2 trillion off the growth in healthcare costs over the next decade? This week's letter from the American Read more...
| Press ReleasesAmedisys to Present at the Credit Suisse 2011 Healthcare ConferenceBATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), one of America’s leading home health and hospice companies, today announced that members of its management team will present at the Read more >> Amedisys Announces Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call DateBATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), a leading home health and hospice company, today announced details for its earnings release and conference call for the third Read more >> Amedisys Response to Senate Finance Committee Report on Its Home Health Care InvestigationBATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) issued a statement today in response to the Senate Finance Committee’s investigation. Amedisys, Inc. is pleased that the Senate Read more >> Humana Cares Announces Jobs Expansion in St. PetersburgHumana’s fast-growing national care center will add another 300 jobs by year-end ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Following a tour by U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) of Humana Inc.’s (NYSE: HUM) Read more >> DuPage Medical Group Selects Phytel to Improve its Population Health ManagementLarge Multispecialty Group in Illinois is Also Using Phytel to Develop Patient-Centered Medical Homes DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The 300-doctor DuPage Medical Group, one of the largest physician-owned Read more >> |
