News
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...
Many Medicare patients are not discussing with their physicians important aspects of their prescription medications, including how much they cost. That finding is outlined in a new st...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday plans for reporting physician performance to Medicare beneficiaries. CMS plans to make...
SimplexityMD, a Houston-based disruptive medical device technology and new venture company, has added OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc. to its portfolio of client compani...
Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) has proposed selling the Texas lottery at a projected $14 billion to fund a program that includes widening healthcare coverage to the uninsured and creating a trust fund for...
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...
Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the program's Part D prescription drug benefit are saving an average of $1,200 per year on medications, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced,...
President Bush's budget proposal for fiscal year 2008 released yesterday calls for $70 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over five years....
Triad Hospitals Inc. has entered into a buyout deal with an estimated value of $6.4 billion. The acquisition involves affiliates of two private equity firms, the company announc...
Alegent Health, a nine-hospital system with hospitals in and around Omaha, is one of the first systems in the nation to provide consumers with accurate estimates of the cost of their care, factoring i...