by Amy Gillentine Published: March 13,2010
Tags: Health Care
Colorado might soon join 10 other states in creating its own health care data base — a compilation of all health care claims and information throughout the state. House Bill 1330 will create the database as part of Gov. Bill Ritter’s health care initiative package. Maine, Minnesota, Maryland, Tennessee, Vermont, New Hampshire, Florida, Oregon, Utah and Arizona [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: February 23,2010
Tags: Coldwell Banker, families, Health Care, multi-generational, saving money
Family reunions are taking on a new meaning in the real estate market. A Coldwell Banker Real Estate survey shows that 37 percent of homebuyers want to purchase homes to accommodate more than one generation of their family. In addition, almost 70 percent of the company’s sales agents believe that economic conditions might cause greater demand [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: February 18,2010
Tags: Health Care, Humana, Insurance, job cuts
Humana will cut its work force by 5 percent, or 1,400 people, during 2010, the result of lower enrollment rates at the insurance company. The company plans to reduce the impact of 2,500 job cuts by adding 1,100 jobs in medical-cost containment, pharmacy management and specialty products - the company’s growth areas. Humana said the reductions will [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: February 12,2010
Tags: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, government spending, Health Care, private insurance
Republicans warned during most of 2009’s debate about health care reform that it if passed, the government would take over health care. And now, the government’s own actuaries say that what’s going to happen anyway. In two years, the government’s spending on health care will surpass private spending for the first time. That trend is expected to [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: January 29,2010
Tags: Amy Gillentine, Health Care, health track
Editor’s note: Reporter Amy Gillentine is participating in a six-month preventive medicine program. She will chronicle her experience here and online in a special Health Track blog at CSBJ.com. As promised, I took the first step in getting healthier this weekend. I went to the first screening of the Healthy Neighborhood collaboration between the Old North End [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: January 8,2010
Tags: Health Care, Look ahead 2010
As some industries begin a slow recovery, 2010 could be the year that health care sees its own contained recession. Nationally, health care lags about a year behind other industries — so this year might be the year that the recession hits home for those in the industry. “The primary emphasis for all health care organizations in [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: December 4,2009
Tags: Health Care, Technology
While nearly every industry has switched to electronic record keeping and payments, the health care industry is lagging behind — and it is costing the country $22 billion in health care expenses every year. Celent, a research and advisory firm, says that electronic processing is present in most steps of the health care revenue cycle in [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 25,2009
Massachusetts plan offers tangible results Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a five-part series about the business implications of health care reform produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Massachusetts set the blueprint for current and future health care reform, and the nation could learn about pitfalls and success by studying the state’s model. Implemented during 2007, Massachusetts reform included a [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 25,2009
Even as some groups are advocating reducing preventive services, the American Medical Association says that much of the additional expenses associated with health care could be curbed by taking steps to keep chronic diseases under control. “Healthy People 2010” is a set of health objectives for the nation. “Nearly half of Americans are living with often-preventable chronic [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 17,2009
Tags: Health Care, Taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) - When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich. That finding from a new Associated Press poll will be welcome news for House Democrats, who proposed doing just that in their sweeping remake of the U.S. medical system, which passed earlier [...] [...]
