Diana Manos

A leading Israeli HMO specializing in healthcare value and quality systems announced Feb. 20 that it has been selected to help build a new national healthcare information technology infrastructure for...

At one of the many briefings, congressional hearings and non-profit forums held this month in Washington on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) spoke...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday plans for reporting physician performance to Medicare beneficiaries. CMS plans to make...

A newly formed consortium of U.S. businesses on Feb. 8 announced the release of a guide designed to help employers purchase healthcare that supports the Department of Health and Human Services' plan t...

President Bush's budget proposal for fiscal year 2008 released yesterday calls for $70 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over five years....

Three major U.S. automakers have joined the growing list of companies that have pledged to promote President Bush's plan for value-driven healthcare, the Department of Health and Human Services announ...

At the Families USA Health Action conference last Thursday, 2008 presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) called for universal healthcare in the U.S. by no later than 2012....

Healthcare promises to be a huge campaign issue in the 2008 election, political advisors for both major parties say. But well before then, President Bush wants to leave a positive legacy, callin...

WASHINGTON – A study released Jan. 4 by the Center for Studying Health System Change shows that physicians are still predominantly paid for productivity rather than quality. The s...

Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt announced Wednesday that 175 companies  -up from 100 in December- have now pledged to abide by President Bush's transparency plan for advancing...