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On Tuesday, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health held the first of a three-day series of hearings on health reform. The hearings come as Congress is working to deliver on a promise to President Obama to have a health reform law passed by Oct. 1.
A quarter of Americans say they have had difficulty paying for healthcare in the past 12 months, with Baby Boomers and Generation X leading the way, according to a study by Thomson Reuters.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America announced an agreement Saturday with the Senate Finance Committee and the White House to reduce drug costs for elderly Americans.
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has received $6 billion in new federal funding for fiscal year 2009.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday that the Senate has unanimously confirmed Howard Koh, MD, as the next Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS.
LYNX Medical Systems has announced a partnership with Sentara Healthcare, based in Virginia, to design and deliver packaged integration between the Picis LYNX E/Point emergency department revenue management solution and the Epic Systems Corporation's ED information system.
The Community Oncology Alliance, a nonprofit group of medical practitioners who deliver cancer care across the country, is working with Congress on the Quality Cancer Care Demonstration (QCCD) project, the "architecture of a solution to today's cancer care crisis."
In an ongoing series of stakeholder health reform discussions, the White House hosted a panel of physicians Thursday to discuss the use of prevention and wellness initiatives for cutting healthcare costs and improving health.
The Department of Veterans' Affairs, which has nearly 8 million veterans enrolled in its healthcare system, will welcome nearly 266,000 more veterans into its medical centers and clinics across the country.
Supply chain management might not be the hot topic of discussion in the hospital setting, but healthcare administrators looking to cut costs in this economy would do well to look at how their supplies are procured, stored and distributed.