Diana Manos
The federal government should do a better job of overseeing state Medicaid finances, according to a report issued Monday by the General Accountability Office. The 54-page GA...
Physicians are not as likely as once thought to leave their practices due to spikes in malpractice premiums, according to a new Harvard study that counted procedures rather than polled physicians....
WASHINGTON - If Medicare is a good thing, then why not expand it? So say Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Rep. John Dingell (D-...
A real-time survey taken yesterday at a panel session of the Fourth Annual World Health Care Congress in the District of Columbia revealed that 69 percent of attendees feel the federal governmen...
America's Health Insurance Plans has released a national strategy to advance improvement in U.S. healthcare quality and safety. The strategy, revealed in a 16-pa...
Reps. Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas) and Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) have introduced a bipartisan bill designed to help physicians afford the high cost of adopting healthcare information technology....
The U.S. Senate has voted against a bill proposing to allow the federal government to negotiate for lower Medicare drug prices. The vote comes as a disappoi...
The majority of state Medicaid programs are using some form of pay-for-performance model or are considering implementing one, according to a new report released by the Commonwealth Fund and IPRO....
A group of Democrats and various supporters are leading the push for a law that would allow government officials to negotiate for lower Medicare drug prices. According to Sen...
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. recently announced that it will partner with the University of Arkansas and Blue Cross Blue Shield to conduct research on how to advance healthcare IT in the U.S....