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Government Funds Nearly Two-Thirds of US Health Care: AJPH Study

Tax-funded expenditures accounted for 64.3 percent of U.S. health spending – about $1.9 trillion – in 2013, according to new data published today [Thursday, Jan. [&hellip
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Government Grants Short Extension to Enroll for Health Insurance

The federal government has granted a short extension to its deadline to enroll in health insurance in order for the plan to take effect Jan. [&hellip
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Military Health’s Top 3 IT Priorities

A year ago, the Defense Health Agency (DHA), at that time a year old, was slowly coming into its own. Fast forward to the present [&hellip
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Getting More From Government Health Investment

The government has encouraged hospitals and physicians to adopt electronic medical records since passing the HITech Act in 2009, but encouraging them to share that [&hellip
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GAO: VA’s $1B Benefits Management System Still a Work in Progress

Despite receiving $1 billion in funding six years ago, the Department of Veterans Affairs has failed to fully implement its benefits management system, and is [&hellip
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VA Cuts Disability Claims Backlog to Under 100,000

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said it has trimmed the number of disability claims older than four months to under 100,000 from 611,000 [&hellip
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Senators Propose Bill That Would Let Patients Self-Pay for Medical Devices

Several U.S. Senators have introduced a bill that would give patients the option to pay for medical devices themselves – rather than going through the [&hellip
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Price Transparency Full of Challenges for Health Systems, Consultants Say

ORLANDO — Though Steven Brill’s essay “The Bitter Pill” has spurred demand for healthcare price transparency, competition and the complexities of value-based payment has made [&hellip

Government Funds Nearly Two-Thirds of US Health Care: AJPH Study

January 21st, 2016 | by Roger Chu

Tax-funded expenditures accounted for 64.3 percent of U.S. health spending – about $1.9 trillion – in 2013, according to new [&hellip

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Government Grants Short Extension to Enroll for Health Insurance

December 17th, 2015 | by Roger Chu

The federal government has granted a short extension to its deadline to enroll in health insurance in order for the [&hellip

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Military Health’s Top 3 IT Priorities

November 12th, 2015 | by Roger Chu

A year ago, the Defense Health Agency (DHA), at that time a year old, was slowly coming into its own. [&hellip

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Getting More From Government Health Investment

October 20th, 2015 | by Roger Chu

The government has encouraged hospitals and physicians to adopt electronic medical records since passing the HITech Act in 2009, but [&hellip

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GAO: VA’s $1B Benefits Management System Still a Work in Progress

September 21st, 2015 | by Roger Chu

Despite receiving $1 billion in funding six years ago, the Department of Veterans Affairs has failed to fully implement its [&hellip

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VA Cuts Disability Claims Backlog to Under 100,000

August 26th, 2015 | by Roger Chu

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said it has trimmed the number of disability claims older than four months [&hellip

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Senators Propose Bill That Would Let Patients Self-Pay for Medical Devices

July 21st, 2015 | by Roger Chu

Several U.S. Senators have introduced a bill that would give patients the option to pay for medical devices themselves – [&hellip

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Price Transparency Full of Challenges for Health Systems, Consultants Say

June 23rd, 2015 | by Roger Chu

ORLANDO — Though Steven Brill’s essay “The Bitter Pill” has spurred demand for healthcare price transparency, competition and the complexities [&hellip