The University of Maryland, Baltimore has joined Optum Labs, a research collaborative comprised of health care organizations that share data to improve care delivery and patient outcomes.

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Does it make sense for a company to hire in-house counsel during trying economic times?

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Aetna, one of the nation’s biggest health insurers, claimed a bigger stake in the burgeoning market for government-funded coverage Monday when it announced plans to buy a Maryland-based provider of Medicaid and Medicare coverage for $5.7 billion. Aetna’s proposed acquisition ...

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WASHINGTON — Hospital stocks rose sharply Thursday after the Supreme Court guaranteed them millions more paying customers by upholding the core of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Some insurance company stocks fell in choppy trading as investors fretted about ...

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INDIANAPOLIS — A budding model for primary care that encourages the family doctor to act as a health coach who focuses as much on preventing illness as on treating it has shown promising results and saved insurers millions of dollars. ...

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