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Web Exclusive: Understanding MLR Waiver Requests
For the most part, the basis for requesting -- and being granted -- an MLR waiver falls into a single category: fear...
Some MA hospitals back price curbs
Support is building among some Massachusetts hospitals for temporary government limits on healthcare prices, a...
West Penn Hospital would have closed without Highmark deal
Without its acquisition by Highmark Inc., West Penn Allegheny Health System would have been forced to shutter West...
IL doctor records taken offline
Illinois once provided the public with detailed histories of the state's doctors — including whether the...
Estranged from family, doctor snoops in records
As his 22-year marriage was falling apart, Dr. Mark Schleiss was desperate for information about his estranged family...
Concord, MA, hospital steps in to rescue abandoned medical records
Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA, is coming to the rescue of hundreds of patients whose medical records were about to be...
Western NY launches patient record exchange
Doctors in western New York have a new, electronic way to access patient records with the launch of the HEALTHeLINK...
Rhode Island health exchange said to improve care, but concerns raised
In a ceremony at the State House, Gov. Carcieri signed the Rhode Island Health Information Exchange Act of 2008, which...
Data miners fight law that shields doctors
When most patients go to the pharmacy to fill a new prescription, they don’t think twice about turning over the...
Wisconsin data exchange signs with Ingenix
Ingenix will collaborate with the Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO) to create a statewide repository of...