An agreement was recently signed by KPMG LLP for taking over a chunk of the assets belonging to Beacon Partners, Inc., which is a health-care consultation firm. The company...
Healthcare
In 2013, a Blue Shield-Michigan program (Blue Cross), which gives rewards to hospitals for maintaining the good health of patients, reduced medical expenses by $50 million, as reported by...
The “Cadillac tax”, another aspect of Obamacare, which is set to tax businesses for the health plans of employees that are above a predetermined level by about 40 percent,...
23 people, including 9 New York doctors, were indicted Tuesday March 31st, in the State Supreme Court, located in Brooklyn, New York. They were all connected to a footwear...
Healthcare
State Politics
New York Experiments with a Pay for Performance Model in The Health Care Industry
A performance based payment incentive could be introduced in New York in the near future. If it turns out to be successful, both patients receiving care as well as...
MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a strain of bacteria that has become resistant to traditional antibiotics like: methicillin, penicillin, oxacillin, and amoxicillin. The resilience of this bacteria has...
Patients are feeling the pain if increased medical bills, which are showing no signs of abatement. A E Health survey has highlighted the pressure imposed on Americans. It has...
Healthcare
Investing News
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) to Buy Catamaran (NASADQ: CTRX) for $12.8 Billion
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is the country’s largest medical insurer, serving more than 85 million people across the U.S, has announced its plans to buy the drug benefits manager...
The Medicaid rolls have seen a massive expansion of its membership, since the time all the important provisions of the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare, kicked into effect. The...
The Health Insurance Marketplace in Wisconsin is having a special enrollment period which will continue until April’s end. This period is exclusively for those individuals who have already filed...