9 smart ways to save on health care
Health insurance is a must-have (not to mention a legal requirement), but it doesn’t protect you fully from medical costs. The average employer plan has an individual deductible of $1,135, …
HME News: CDC reports rise in doc visits by diabetes patients
Office-based physician visits made by diabetes patients rose 20% between 2005 and 2010, according to a new data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The largest …
Hospital mergers raise price concerns
Hospital administrators in Connecticut who have been involved in the unprecedented streak of mergers and consolidations often tout the financial benefits and efficiencies of such moves. But as the number …
Startup AbilTo aims to cut medical costs
Health IT company AbilTo has raised fresh capital for a program aimed at changing behavior for the costliest patient population — people with chronic conditions or multiple chronic conditions. The …
The 10 Least Expensive Health Insurance Markets In The U.S.
People in much of Minnesota, northwestern Pennsylvania and Tucson, Ariz., are getting the best bargains from the health care law’s new insurance marketplaces: premiums half the price or less than …
2014 may be the year of the patient in health care
2014 may be the year of the patient in health care And technology will help the system be more oriented to consumers, experts say. New technology, changes in the market …
Building the foundations of a health system that learns from itself
A new $7 million award to the Harvard Medical School Center for Biomedical Informatics from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will create a far-reaching data platform that will link …
Congress Braves First Steps in Medicare Reform
Seniors beware: Congress is considering changes to what Medicare will pay for, and what’s coming out of your pocket. Congress is getting serious about changes to Medicare, even if that …