Nearly three-quarters of voters say that health care is the most important issue for them, but fewer than half are hearing much from candidates about it, according to a poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Costs of Medicare diabetes prevention program may exceed reimbursements
Subtracting the average payment of $139, there was a $661 gap between the cost of the program and the expected payments.
GOP Gubernatorial Candidate John Cox: Limit Government In Health Care
John Cox, California’s Republican candidate for governor, contends that policies on abortion, health insurance and health care access should be guided by the conservative ideals of free market competition and personal responsibility. He hasn’t offered specific policy positions on health care, except that government should largely stay out of it.
Vatican gives thumbs-up to merger between Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health
The deal creates one of the largest U.S. hospital owners, encompassing 139 hospitals and accounting for $28 billion in annual revenue.
Six Deep-Dive Symposiums at HIMSS Annual Conference
HIMSS is accepting speaker proposals for six pre-conference symposiums on Monday, Feb. 11 in Orlando.
States Act To Safeguard Young Cancer Patients’ Chances To Have Children
Fighting cancer often involves toxic therapies that can cause infertility. In the past couple of years, five states have moved to require that plans pay for services such as egg removal and storage.
Medicare Advantage growth drives UnitedHealth’s strong earnings
UnitedHealth Group’s third quarter earnings from operations grew 12.3 percent over last year.
Medicare For All? CMS Chief Warns Program Has Enough Problems Already
Seema Verma, who heads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, tells private insurance officials that a push by some Democrats to expand Medicare would only increase troubles the program already faces.
Cost transformation is imperative, but hospital efforts are lagging behind, survey shows
Close to 60 percent of responding executives say their organizations have processes and structures in place to achieve cost transformation goals.
Anthem pays $16 million in record HIPAA settlement for data breach
Anthem is being held responsible for cyber attacks that stole the protected health information of close to 79 million people.
