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New Mexico establishes baseline spending for insurers
The New Mexico Legislature has passed a bill requiring most health insurers to spend 85 percent of every premium dollar on direct healthcare services, with the remaining 15% going for administrative... Read more...
Groups recommend less screening for breast, cervical cancer screenings
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has announced that it's recommending young women begin getting Pap smear tests at a later age than before, and less frequently than is... Read more...
Group Health rolls out major medical home initiative
The conversation about the "medical home" model--one which, in essence, blends the tools of high tech patient population management with some old fashioned care giving--is quickly moving from an... Read more...
GAO: Medicaid patients lacking preventive care
New research by the Government Accountability Office suggests that Medicaid beneficiaries aren't getting the level of preventive services they need, a problem that can't be helping these programs... Read more...
