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Every state needs a database with all health insurance claims, not just some

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

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center received the largest single donation in its history

A new approach to killing C. difficile, the most common hospital-acquired bacterial infection in the US, is called antisense therapy.

Rising healthcare costs are an ever-growing source of concern for many current and future retirees. Retiree healthcare expenses are expected

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) A number of U.S. health system executives plan to implement Medicare Advantage strategies,

(By John Poole for NPR) A hunter with bow and arrow, in a steamy sub-Saharan savannah, stalks a big, exotic

(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — As legislation to address the opioid epidemic gains momentum, drug makers, insurers, and

(By Julie Rovner for Kaiser Health News) Federal officials will not block insurance companies from again using a workaround to

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) The rate of hospital-acquired conditions, including infections, injuries from falls and harm from

(Source – home.treasury.gov) Washington – Today the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees issued their annual financial review of the