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NewsCDC: Infection rates dropping but more work needed
A report issued Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed promising results in lowering bloodstream infections among intensive care unit (ICU) patients over the past Read more...
Massachusetts governor's next task: Tame healthcare costs
Having won a second term, Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts is moving on to the next phase of healthcare reform: reining in runaway healthcare costs. Medical spending in the state rose about 7.5 Read more...
Academics criticize Obama's pick of health statistics
The body of research cited by the Obama administration in its cost-cutting claims, the Dartmouth Atlas, has been criticized as being too limited and potentially less than accurate in the data it does Read more...
Worry over rapidly-rising health costs in Wisc. looms over hospital opening
The planned opening next week of a new, $200 million hospital in Summit, Wis., has some worried that the inevitable competition created could drive up healthcare costs in the area to the point that Read more...
Less competition can lead to higher health costs
Smaller markets with less competition seem to be breeding grounds for higher private healthcare costs, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care. However, Medicare Read more...
WellPoint launches own attack on health reforms
In past weeks, trade group America's Health Insurance Plans has taken a lot of heat after unveiling a last-minute report suggesting that current health reforms could push up premiums dramatically Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Healthcare costs could jump 35 percent by 2019 without reform
By now, it seems pretty likely that some kind of dog-eared, battered version of health reform will make it out of Congress and into the president's hands. That being said, though, what would happen Read more...
New initiatives under way to coordinate mental health, primary care
It's well-documented in research literature that primary -care physicians often miss the signs of common psychiatric illnesses like depression, leading to the avoidable complications that mental Read more...
UnitedHealth suggests methods for cutting a half-trillion dollars in health costs
UnitedHealth Group has made its play in the "save the health system money" game. In a new report, the health plan's Center for Health Reform and Modernization argues that the federal government could Read more...
Healthcare players offer plan to cut costs by $2 trillion
This week the country's power players in the health plan, hospital, physician and union world--among others--have come together to propose what could turn out to be an astonishing change. The groups Read more...
| Press ReleasesHow Employers Can Gain Control of Healthcare Costs Through Data AnalyticsDan Ross of Med-Vision Tours the U.S. Offering Risk Management Strategies for Reducing Health Costs. TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Med-Vision, LLC, a health plan and risk management strategy firm Read more >> New Surveys Reveal Consumers Taking Charge of their Healthcare Costs with Health Savings AccountsAccording to research from Xerox companies ACS and Buck Consultants, both employers and account holders find cost saving benefits in HSAs DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Employers and consumers alike are Read more >> Funding Local Government Health Care is Getting TougherNational Study Tracks Ongoing Efforts to Trim Employee and Retirees Costs LANSING, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- About 42 percent of the nations’ cities, counties and townships expect their revenue to Read more >> ActiveHealth Management Health Informatics Executive to Discuss the Role of Clinical Analytics in Supporting a Statewide MNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ActiveHealth Management (ActiveHealth®) Senior Vice President Iver Juster, M.D., will speak at the Forum 11 on Sept. 8, 2011 to share how ActiveHealth is using its broad Read more >> Thomson Reuters Includes Seven Zynx Health Clients in “10 Top Health Systems” AwardThird Annual Study Identifies Elite US Health Systems Demonstrating Highest Levels of Clinical Efficiency LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zynx Health, the market leader in providing evidence-based and Read more >> |
