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Boeing, Cisco, Intel and Walmart are bypassing insurers to drive down healthcare costs

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Spending on employee health benefits has risen about 5 percent annually in recent

In 2016, more than 42,000 Americans died as a result of opioid use and of those, 40 percent involved a

CMS announced it is allowing Maryland to expand its All-Payer Program to outpatient services. The Maryland Total Cost of Care

(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Editing cells’ genomes with CRISPR-Cas9 might increase the risk that the altered cells, intended to treat disease,

Although a 77 percent of Medicare Advantage members are using mHealth tools to monitor chronic health conditions; however, the same

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) As the number of air ambulance flights in the U.S. has nearly doubled

We are facing a shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs) in United States. This shortage creates a challenge for some

(By Elizabeth Cooney for STAT) A patient comes into a hospital emergency department, troubled by chest pain that comes and

Worldwide approximately 47 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias. In the US, more than five

(By John Freedman for STAT) California spends approximately $367 billion a year on health care. That’s more than the gross domestic product