Health Care Spending news from FierceHealthcare
NewsCost-shifting increases family spending by almost $1,800 annually
Most of the time, you hear about how hospitals are struggling lately, many of them because they are getting more uninsured patients, which doesn't help them close the gap on the Medicare and Medicaid Read more...
$10 million prize for solution to healthcare problems
X Prize Foundation, the group behind the contest that got the first manned private space flight off the ground, is now tackling an even bigger challenge--healthcare reform. The foundation has teamed Read more...
| Press Releases2011 Health Spending Growth Remains Near Historic LowsANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New analysis shows that health care spending in the U.S. in 2011 grew at one of the slowest rates in 50 years according to the February Health Sector Economic Read more >> Children’s Hospital Boston Joins the Alternative Quality ContractHospital and physicians agree to rate freeze for 2012 BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA), Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Physicians’ Organization and Read more >> Health Price Inflation Remains Moderate While Spending Growth Ticks up Led by HospitalsANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The November Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs from Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending indicate that health price inflation remains Read more >> Prolacta Bioscience® Secures Series D Funding from Health Evolution Partners-- New Members Added to Prolacta Board of Directors -- MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Prolacta Bioscience, the first and only company to offer human milk fortifier (HMF) made from 100% human Read more >> Health Spending Growth is Well below Premium Growth, While Sector Continues to Create JobsANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The October Health Sector Economic Indicator briefs from Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending indicate that health spending in August grew by Read more >> |
