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What to know about Germany’s new digital healthcare law
15 Dec 2023 04:04 GMT
Germany is known to lag behind when it comes to digitisation in the healthcare system with strict (and some would argue outdated) privacy legislation often hampering digital communication between departments.
Now there has been a real breakthrough for …
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US health insurers Humana, Cigna in talks to merge -WSJ
29 Nov 2023 18:38 GMT
… of the biggest U.S. health insurers, Cigna (CI.N) and Humana … Act of 2010, the national healthcare reform law that created new individual …
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ACOs Vs. MA Shows ‘Grab Them By The Wallet’ Central To Health Reform
30 Aug 2023 15:50 GMT
… peak. By comparison, enrollment in health insurer-run Medicare Advantage plans has … program.”
Allow me to simplify health reform in America: Grab them by …
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Can The Left And Right Agree On Health Reform?
07 Aug 2023 00:53 GMT
MIT's Amy Finkelstein offers a universal health care plan that resembles a Republican refundable ... [+] tax-credit plan. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Boston Globe via Getty Images
A new book calls for universal health …
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One Procedure, Two Prices: Is Site Neutrality the Next Healthcare Reform?
27 Jun 2023 20:12 GMT
Healthcare reformers have set their eyes on ensuring that the federal government pays the same price for procedures no matter where they happen. Called site neutrality, advocates see the price discrepancies as an inefficiency that needs fixing, while …
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The state of healthcare reform
24 Jun 2023 14:00 GMT
… Government’s promise of healthcare reform has been on … would bring about significant healthcare reform.
Putting 2011 aside, … One Bermuda Alliance and health insurers that the block-funding … steps taken towards achieving healthcare reform not only because it …
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Major Massachusetts health insurer victim of ransomware attack, members information potentially compromised
26 May 2023 08:00 GMT
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The second-largest health insurer in Massachusetts was the victim … many people might be affected.
HEALTHCARE REFORM IN MASSACHUSETTS BOON FOR LATINOS …
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US health insurers don’t have to cover vaccines, preventative screenings, judge rules
30 Mar 2023 20:00 GMT
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation’s health law Thursday in a decision that opponents say could jeopardize preventive screenings for millions …
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10 years after a landmark health care law, the push to contain costs may be stalling
06 Sep 2022 10:17 GMT
Ten years ago, as medical costs soared, Massachusetts passed landmark legislation to tackle the problem.
The law created the Health Policy Commission, a first-of-its-kind watchdog agency to monitor rising costs. And it set a target to limit spending growth …
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BCBS agrees to continue with Vt. health reform experiment
01 Mar 2023 00:18 GMT
… ) - Vermont’s largest private health insurance company now says it will continue … to step back from Vt. health reform effort
Hoffer: Vt. Supreme Court …