Many developers and innovators are working on a wide variety of apps to improve healthcare and lower costs. Some have seen impressive success while others are running afoul of federal regulators.

The uninsured rate fell to 13.8 percent last year, the lowest annualized rate in the seven years of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index measurement.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health identified seven common aspects for successful internet-based intervention programs in a study published in the Journal of Internet Medical Research.

About three-quarters of providers are ready to start meeting Medicare’s chronic care management program requirements within the next six months, according to a survey by Kryptik, a software company focusing on population health management.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released two videos to explain the transition to updated medical codes and ICD-10.

Medical practices usually do not outsource their billing and collections processes, but revenue cycle management is becoming more popular, according to a recent survey of several hundred practices.

Nurses using mobile devices loaded with a custom app prompting evidence-based guidelines were significantly more likely to identify health issues such as obesity, smoking, and depression during routine exams.