Health Care Industry

The DIY Diagnosis: Online Medical Information May Undermine Doctors
A new Harris poll shows a steep increase in the number of people going online for health information. It also shows that most people find the data reliable. What does this mean for the...
Medical Tourism At Home: Big Companies Start to Shop at Hospitals Across the U.S.
Big companies like Lowe's Home Improvement are starting to send employees out of town for expensive procedures. Their effort to shop for the highest-quality, most cost-effective care should get...
Surescripts-HealthVault Linkup Provides Prescription Data -- If Folks Can Understand It
Microsoft's agreement with Surescripts for pharmacy data is the latest addition to HealthVault's collection of healthcare data. But will consumers use it?
Home Monitoring of Patients Hits Radar Screens of Health Insurers
After a decade of dithering, health plans are finally getting behind home monitoring of heart failure patients. Let's hope they stick with it this time.
Add Dental Coverage Subsidy to Reform Law: It's a Bargain!
The health reform law won't do much for people who lack dental insurance. But it should, and could, at a modest cost.
Healthcare Reform Conspiracy! Why the Left Is Irrationally Riled by Liz Fowler
The left-wing media's attack on Liz Fowler, a member of Sen. Baucus' staff who has just been named to a government post, shows a mean-spirited attitude toward healthcare reform that's not too...
Why Health-Insurance Premiums Rise While Insurers Sit on Piles of Cash
Not-for-profit and for-profit insurers are making big bucks by investing their reserves. A Consumers Union report questions whether those reserves are artificially inflated.
UnitedHealth Earnings: How Heath-Insurance Firms Profit From Government Business
UnitedHealth Group had very good results for the second quarter and first half of 2010. But even if other insurers do as well, public sector largesse won't last forever.
The AMA's Doomed Crusade Against Doctor "Profiling" at Health Insurance Firms
Medical societies are attacking physician profiling as it becomes a determinant of who is in or out of the new narrow insurance networks.
How to Control Healthcare Costs: Make Hospitals Share Financial Risk
Some groups in Massachusetts are doing well with a Blues contract that incentivizes them to lower costs and raise quality. But it's unclear whether a different approach that Medicare plans to take...

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