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. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | August 09, 2013
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TMG Health, a provider of technology-enabled solutions for Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D and Medicaid managed-care plans, has promoted Sree Turlapati to director of product development, a newly created position. FULL STORY »
By Steven Ross Johnson | August 06, 2013
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Six regional networks of community health centers are slated to receive a total of $3 million in federal funding toward the adoption of or improvement to their electronic health-record systems. FULL STORY »
By Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) | August 05, 2013
With healthcare costs already strangling many families, a lawmaker wants to make sure Pennsylvania residents aren't surprised by controversial facility fees that have angered some residents. FULL STORY »
Accolade, a company that provides healthcare consumer services for employers, hired James Snook as its first chief technology officer, effective immediately. FULL STORY »
The push to manage population health may be fueling consolidation across the healthcare industry, but some systems are pushing back with looser partnerships that allow them to retain some independence and present fewer regulatory hassles. FULL STORY »
A federal appeals court has ruled against the Mennonite owners of a central Pennsylvania furniture manufacturing company who claimed new health insurance requirements that they pay for employees' contraceptive services violate their free speech and religion rights. FULL STORY »
A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the Department of Energy told The Associated Press. FULL STORY »
Pittsburgh-based insurer Highmark Health Services is creating an accountable care network as the next step in an ambitious and nationally watched move into healthcare delivery. FULL STORY »
Hospitals girding for an influx of Medicaid patients in 2014 under the healthcare reform law's Medicaid coverage expansion recently were given some new regulatory tools to deal with the financial fallout. FULL STORY »
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