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A group of large employers including retail giants Wal-Mart Stores and Lowe's Cos. announced they will offer their employees coverage for hip and knee implant procedures with no cost-sharing if they receive the procedures at one of four previously selected hospital systems.
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The Texas Health Services Authority and the Health Information Trust Alliance are partnering to develop and implement a program that will improve the security of health information for Texas residents.
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If Congress manages to get the government restarted and avert the debt ceiling crisis, lawmakers may have just enough time to renew their 10-year tradition of "kicking the can" on finding a replacement for the...
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Stephen Nuckolls, CEO of Coastal Carolina Health Care, New Bern, N.C., shared some lessons at the Medical Group Management Association annual conference yesterday from his organization's experience in running a Medicare accountable care organization.
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In five markets around the U.S., ACOs were caring for more than half the Medicare patients in the traditional fee-for-service program and were likelier to be in areas with more provider consolidation.
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Months after the latest trial of a possible HIV vaccine were halted because it was ineffective, newly published details suggest researchers and advocates made important strides with some the country's hardest-hit and difficult-to-reach populations.
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The government shutdown isn't stopping Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meetings scheduled this month, according to drug and device manufacturers.
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The MGMA-ACMPE kicked off its annual conference in San Diego with the announcement that it was dropping its joint acronym name and rebooting its brand as the Medical Group Management Association.
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Leading up to the launch this week of the state insurance exchanges, the Obama administration made clear that the online marketplaces would go live despite a government shutdown if Congress failed to pass a spending bill. But what about the implementation of other provisions in the Patient...
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The Defense Department's on-again, off-again flirtation with the Veterans Affairs Department's VistA electronic health-record system appears to be on again. But this time, a lot of other suitors will compete for the military's affection and what likely will be billions of taxpayers' dollars.
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