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By Mike Miliard | 12:17 pm | March 08, 2016
Medical practices spend an average of 785 hours per physician and $15.
By Tom Sullivan | 08:40 am | March 07, 2016
Whereas a democrat would be more prone to simple tweaks, a republican would opt for tax credits, Romney said, acknowledging that since Obamacare is the law of the land it would would be hard to go back to his preferred model under which the states decide how to insure their citizens.
By Mike Miliard | 08:43 pm | March 03, 2016
Barely a year after announcing its ambitious plan to tie reimbursement to quality of care, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that 30 percent of Medicare payments are now tied to alternative payment models, such as ACOs.  
By Bill Siwicki | 03:34 pm | March 03, 2016
Donald J. Trump, the frontrunner in the race to become the Republican presidential nominee, today released a very broad outline of a plan with few details that he, if elected president, would seek to implement to replace the Affordable Care Act.
By Tom Sullivan | 07:47 pm | March 02, 2016
While the former presidential candidate called the 2016 race anything but over, as for his own entry into the race, the answer is 'no.'
By Susan Morse | 06:37 pm | February 29, 2016
Providers range from linking some payments to the effective management of a population to full population-based management.
By Mike Miliard | 12:03 pm | February 26, 2016
A new agreement with FHA will allow DirectTrust's federal partners to operate their Direct implementations within its Security and Trust Framework.
By Jack McCarthy | 11:36 am | February 24, 2016
The development of standards through the lab will help ONC further develop interoperability standards, official says.
By Jessica Davis | 12:37 pm | February 22, 2016
The Healthcare Leadership Council has identified six healthcare reforms that should be implemented by the White House, Congress and the healthcare industry to reform healthcare; it was announced last week at a Capitol Hill briefing and in a report highlighting the changes.