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As political debate continues in nearly half of the states in the country over whether to expand their Medicaid programs, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday that her agency was open to discussing with state leaders their proposals on how to provide healthcare to their poorest residents.
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Provider groups say a CMS rule interpreting the healthcare reform law that gives consumers a grace period for unpaid health insurance premiums will put them at significant risk of delivering services for which they won't get paid.
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The online insurance exchange that Oregon established under the healthcare law will not allow residents to sign up for coverage on their own when enrollment begins nationwide on Oct. 1.
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A new analysis of New York hospital data showed a reduction in surgical death rates and improvements in treating serious illnesses over a decade despite higher post-surgical infections and deaths from operations where part of the skull is removed.
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In Morrisville, N.C., just down from the Target and Gander Mountain big-box stores and between a nail salon and dental office, North Carolina's largest health insurer opened its first retail store.
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In a growing number of contracts with providers, private health insurers are embracing accountable care, a payment model that holds hospitals and doctors jointly responsible for controlling costs and improving patient outcomes.
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It's more those smoking breaks than healthcare costs that make smokers more expensive employees.
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Jonathon Layden was once confident that if he were ever injured, he could count on his health insurance to help pay his medical bills. But after he was patched up following an auto accident in 2011, Research Medical Center didn't submit his bill to his Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance.
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With the Oct. 1 date for enrollment in the health insurance exchanges being created by Obamacare less than two months away, a war of numbers has been escalating. Health insurance will cost way less. Or it will cost way more. It depends who you ask.
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Sandy McCoy, president of the Texas Nurse Practitioners, listened to Judge Clay Jenkins at the Enroll Dallas County Partnership Stakeholders Meeting. With an unveiling a little more than 50 days away, many of the key details about the new health insurance marketplace remain under wraps.
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