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These non-medical workers are increasingly being seen by hospitals as a critical point of contact for patients and a way to help hold down readmission rates and improve health outcomes.
In a sweeping overhaul of its contracts, the state’s insurance exchange will require health plans to hold doctors and hospitals accountable for quality and cost.
A study in the journal Health Affairs found a majority of people don’t associate price and quality in health care services.
A new study from the National Academies of Sciences seeks best practices for health providers whose patients are disproportionately disadvantaged.
Sutter Health, with dominant market share in Northern California, is insisting that employers sign arbitration agreements or face sharply higher out-of-network rates.
A survey conducted by the Leapfrog Group finds that though many hospitals have computer-based medication systems in place to protect against errors, many still fall short in highlighting possible problems.
Some say the usual methods — abstinence and therapy — may not be enough.
Many low-income households that claim earned income tax credit lack health insurance, Urban Institute finds.
As medicine moves to a patient-centered model, doctors and other health providers are slowly adding patients’ self-reports to the other tests and exams they use to determine care.
A study published in Health Affairs examines how physician-patient interactions often present missed opportunities to control patients’ health care spending.
New law applies state’s low-income health care program to children in the U.S. illegally.
Harken Health, a new UnitedHealthcare subsidiary, offers members free unlimited doctor visits and health coaches at 10 clinics in Chicago and Atlanta.
A recent survey finds that the number of workers who say they would give up some health benefits to get a pay raise has grown from 10 to 20 percent since 2012.
New Hampshire has one of the highest opioid overdose rates and one of the lowest rates of access to treatment.
Some advocates for mentally ill people say the administration’s action is long overdue.
Getting good information is critical to figure out where resources need to go to treat babies dependent on drugs. Pennsylvania relies on old statistics and incomplete data, but that may be changing.
A survey of more than 3,500 people caring for family members with dementia finds that many are spending down personal savings and cutting into their own basic needs to meet their loved one’s expenses.
Seeing more problem gamblers than ever before, the state is investing in education, training and prevention.
Guilt still haunts a new mother who was addicted to opioids when she got pregnant. Once she was ready to ask for help, treatment programs that could handle her complicated pregnancy were hard to find.
The request also hints at a potential compromise from the justices.
