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Despite efforts by some religious organizations to be exempt from its provisions, the Obama Administration announced Friday that employers must offer health benefits that provide coverage for contraceptive services without charging a co-pay, co-insurance or a deductible.
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The market for stem cell technologies will rise to over $700 million this year, and given some positive trends, could reach over $1 billion, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information.
In its new report, “Stem Cells: Worldwide Markets for Transplantation, Cord Blood Banking and Drug Development,” Kalorama cites newly permitted U.S. usage and accompanying research funding in its positive forecasts.
Kalorama included a range for its market forecast because some factors are variable.
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The mHealth market earned revenues of $230 million in 2010 and is estimated to reach $392 million in 2015, according to a new report from research firm Frost & Sullivan.
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The top healthcare systems in the United States have lower 30-day mortality rates finds Thomson Reuters’ fourth annual study naming the top 15 health systems in the country.
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Seventy five thousand beneficiaries may be cut by Maine's Medicaid system this year. MaineCare supports Maine's elderly, children and indigent, and while Governor Paul LePage stands by his cuts, beneficiaries and healthcare providers deem them "unacceptable."
The cuts come in an effort to save $200 million in Medicaid costs over one or two years. Throwing those Mainers into the deep end or cutting payments to healthcare providers is the only way to save that much money in a timely manner, according to LePage.
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Recently, the Huron Consulting Group released its report, “Leading Through Transformation: Top Healthcare CEO’s Perspectives on the Future of Healthcare.” The report included insights from the Huron Healthcare CEO Forum and took a hard look at some of the top industry issues that will be plaguing CEOs in the year to come.
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Fortune magazine recently released its annual 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Healthcare companies nabbed 17 slots. What is their secret to creating a workplace that makes employees want to stay and makes their companies the ones for which job seekers aim? Healthcare Finance News reached out to those companies to find out.
Of those responding, one thing stood out: The importance of listening to their employees and responding to them.
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As healthcare business models evolve more quickly than ever to keep pace with sweeping reforms and emerging competitors, CEOs who support their hospitals' marketing goals are in the best position to gain a competitive edge, says brand strategy firm Smith & Jones.
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It's no secret successful healthcare only works with well-engaged patients. But, whether it's a lack of usable technology or unproven theories, recent research has shown patients are still not interested in managing their care.
Steve Krupa, managing member at healthcare investment firm PSILOS, outlines four reasons why patients aren't managing their healthcare.
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Quality professionals working in the healthcare industry made an average of $85,473 in 2011 reports the American Society for Quality in its annual salary survey, but it’s the job trends that it hints at that offer a glimpse of the future.
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