The majority of individual health plans in a representative sample for the year 2010 did not meet the standards and benefits required by the healthcare reform law, according to a new study. FULL STORY »
Undertaking extensive efforts to improve the quality of care provided has not mitigated malpractice costs—including the cost of defensive medicine—for some providers, but it may in the future, representatives of several providers undertaking delivery reforms told a Senate panel. FULL STORY »
Insurers could face credit stress if the Supreme Court upholds some or all of the healthcare reform law, according to Moody's Investors Service. FULL STORY »
The Obama administration wants the federal government to ride the mobile information technology wave and issued a presidential directive mandating each federal agency to make at least two key government services available to the public via mobile applications within a year. FULL STORY »
Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, has named Paul Markovich president and appointed him to the board of directors, effective June 1. FULL STORY »
Two Chicago faith-based institutions—Jewish Sinai Health System and Catholic Holy Cross Hospital—are discussing a possible affiliation that would have the 282-bed Holy Cross joining the Sinai system. FULL STORY »
Mayo Clinic has expanded its network of local hospitals and systems that collaborate with the Rochester, Minn.-based health system, adding Heartland Health in St. Joseph, Mo., to its year-old Mayo Clinic Care Network. FULL STORY »
Better medical treatment and disease management have contributed to a decline in the death rates for people who have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. FULL STORY »
