Blue Cross wins key ruling in antitrust case
A federal judge dismissed the heart of a surgical center’s antitrust suit against Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois and a downstate hospital network in a case that challenges …
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Highmark chief discusses health care transformation
A health insurance company CEO addressed the state Chamber of Commerce’s business summit on Thursday at The Greenbrier, where he talked about the need to transform health care but also …
The Largest Study of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Heart Failure
ResMed announced today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2013, that SERVE-HF has completed enrollment. SERVE-HF is an international, randomized study of 1,325 participants investigating if the treatment of …
HME News: CMS throws safety net to oxygen patients
It appears CMS has finally realized that you can’t get blood from a stone—or oxygen equipment and services from an HME provider that has gone out of business. CMS announced …
States experimenting to lower health care costs
Oregon health officials are concentrating on coordinating services and preventing hospital stays. New Jersey medical centers are rewarding doctors who can save money without jeopardizing patient care. And Massachusetts is …
ACO Coordinated Care Savings May Be Contagious
An early cost-sharing program in Massachusetts designed to cut costs for private Blue Cross Blue Shield patients also lowered costs for Medicare patients who were seen by the same providers, …
Mobile Doctors Chicago CEO and Doctor Arrested on Fraud Charges
The chief executive officer of Chicago-based Mobile Doctors, which manages physicians who make house calls in six states, and one of its physicians in Chicago were arrested today on federal …
Four in Maryland make Modern Healthcare list of 100 most influential
California has Kaiser Permanente. Minnesota has the Mayo Clinic. Maryland’s strength is in federal agencies. Four health care leaders in Maryland made Modern Healthcare’s annual list of the 100 most …