By Mary Agnes Carey On Capitol Hill, lawmakers resume work this week to resolve differences over legislation aimed at alleviating long wait times for medical care at the ...
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By Jill Porter Like many adults, Nancy Young found herself susceptible to the familiar aromas of her childhood home. But for her, it wasn’t the ...
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By Tracy Krulik In 1998 I wound up in a South Florida emergency room following a week of nausea, vomiting, and frail-octogenarian-like weakness. After a ...
Read More »Leveraging health quality information
Project to help providers evaluate and improve the quality of patient care, allow insurers to assess and evaluate the performance of their provider networks in a common way, and enable consumers to see how hospitals are performing.
Read More »Historic mental health parity law passes
PL: The new mental health parity bill affects insurance coverage for the treatment of mental illness and substance abuse for health plans that are regulated by federal law. It says that, for those plans covering more than 50 employees, mental illness must be treated under the same terms and conditions as any other illness.
Read More »Historic Mental Health Parity Law passes
Historic law brings equity, with limits.
Read More »Value-based clinical innovation projects
Pioneering care redesign projects combine evidence-based medicine, workflow redesign and realigned incentives.
Read More »Generic drug sampling machines lower costs
Generic drug sampling machines can reduce costs for patients and payors, while enhancing access and convenience.
Read More »Bringing high-speed e-medicine to Pa. physicians
ConnectTheDocs initiative to expand electronic health information exchange in the Commonwealth.
Read More »Improving patient safety and its reporting system
Patient Safety Authority seeks ways to reduce reporting variability and launches expanded educational initiatives.
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