
Some hospitals are feeling the pinch of the Great Recession.
Shelly Reese is a freelance writer based in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a frequent contributor to Managed Healthcare Executive.

Some hospitals are feeling the pinch of the Great Recession.

How you interpret avoidable hospitalization data depends entirely on your perspective.

A survey by Express Scripts shows that patients tend to think that they are more compliant than they are.

The bad news: PBMs have the weakest performance on the aspects that matter most to employers.

In the arcane argot of antitrust, the debate between the American Medical Assn. (AMA) and the nation's health insurers is a case of he said/she said.

Two leading industry groups put their heads together for seemless care

Scorecard from the Commonwealth Fund notes stark gaps between best and worst performing states

Just 8% of asthma patients recieve proper education, and insurance status is not the ultimate factor

Commonwealth Fund State Performance Ranking 2007: 8

The public eye has been squarely focused on Pennsylvania as Governor Edward G. Rendell

Medicaid Enrolees who suffer from expensive, chronic conditions tend to suffer from so many comorbidities and complicating social problems-such as homelessness and lack of transportation-that isolating a single disease state for intervention is ineffective. And states are beginning to recognize that.

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