Diana Manos is Senior Editor for Healthcare IT News. Located in Washington, D.C., she covers policy and legislation issues surrounding healthcare IT. Follow Diana on Twitter @DManos_IT_News.
Congress needs to reform Medicare and Medicaid to improve their integrity and sustainability, according to a Nov. 17 report issued by the Government Accountability Office. "Absent ref...
Responding to consistent and widespread concern over proposed cuts to physician Medicare payment rates, the lame-duck Congress passed on its last day, Dec. 9, legislation preventing cuts through 2007....
Key Congressional staffers agree that lack of money will be the force that molds lawmaking in the coming year. At a December health legislation briefing hosted by the Alliance for Health R...
Physicians are still predominantly paid for productivity rather than quality, a study released Jan. 4 by the Center for Studying Health System Change has shown....
Although government and industry officials have been touting the patient safety benefits of electronic health records, physician practices have been slow to adopt the technology – primarily beca...
No amount of incentive will entice physicians to participate in a quality data submission program if they are hesitant about pay for performance (P4P), according to Chris Weiss, president and CEO of H...