Community Benefit
One of the hallmarks of Obama's healthcare reform was ensuring that people with pre-existing conditions would not be denied health insurance. The clause went into effect in September 2010.
The developer of a national over-the-counter healthcare benefits payment platform now being used for Medicare Advantage members has unveiled a new platform for Medicaid, giving the beleaguered state-run program a means of controlling costs and cutting waste.
Highmark Inc. recently announced it would launch a two-year, patient-centered medical home pilot project.
The Department of Labor has released a competency model for the long-term care industry that officials hope will solve long-standing issues of low wages and a high staff turnover rate.
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced a new program, developed under the Affordable Care Act, that's aimed at eliminating medical errors and reducing healthcare costs on a national scale.
Is it too early to start thinking about the 2012 elections and potential candidates' takes on healthcare? I don't think so.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid recently awarded 15 states contracts of up to $1 million each to design new ways to improve and coordinate care for the 9 million people in the country who are beneficiaries of both Medicare and Medicaid.
Adverse events cost the healthcare industry billions of dollars. According to a 2010 report in the Archives of Internal Medicine, hospital-acquired sepsis and pneumonia in the United States caused more than 48,000 deaths and cost more than $8 billion to treat in a single year.
Brian Goldberg, an architecture teacher at the Rhode Island School of Design, said he was talking to a physicist about the development of a medical device for patients who need 24/7 monitoring for a heart attack for the rest of their lives when he began to think of how artists and designers could impact the healthcare system.
In an April 13 televised speech, President Barack Obama outlined his plan for reducing the federal deficit and cutting Medicare costs. Unlike the GOP plan, he said, his plan would "use a scalpel, not the machete."