Consumer Driven Health Care

Almost all wellness program participants showed some improvement in health risk status.

Move over, HMOs.

Though most of the countrys stats on diabetes arent good, at least one of them is. A majority of Americans recognize the threat diabetes poses to the nations health and have a solid understanding about the disease and its consequences, according to a new survey from UnitedHealth Group.

A University of Maine study says the medical costs of obesity for children and adolescents in the state could reach $1.2 billion over the next 20 years.

An increasing number of U.S. doctors are expected to leave private practice for hospital employment over the next 18 months, due to rising costs and technology mandates, according to a new report from Accenture.

How to cut costs on medical visits, prescriptions, insurance and more.