Policy and Legislation
In the rush to regulate the fast-growing industry of mobile medical apps, Congress has apparently sidestepped a potential power struggle with the Food and Drug Administration over the agency's authority to regulate them.
There’s a good debate still to be held in this country on health reform, but only if the Republicans step up to the plate with serious ideas. I’m not that optimistic, but am not giving up hope yet.
A growing number of hospitals around the U.S. have adopted policies that ban discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients according to a report released Tuesday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
David Walker, founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative and former U.S. Comptroller General, will be giving the keynote address at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 26 during the Healthcare Financial Management Association's ANI conference. He gave Healthcare Finance News Managing Editor Stephanie Bouchard a glimpse of what attendees may expect to hear.
Like waiting outside the Vatican for the puff of white smoke, the nation sits on edge awaiting the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
The recipients of 81 new Health Care Innovation Awards were announced last week by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
I think it is a fair statement to say it’s a dynamic time to be in the healthcare industry. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is already having a major impact this year, and in reality is changing much of the way hospitals deliver care.
The Physician Sentiment Index, conducted by Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth and Cambridge, Mass.-based Sermo, indicates that the majority of doctors expect the quality of healthcare to decrease in the near future.
Acting CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner and other healthcare leaders discuss how the industry is dealing with the practical issues of establishing ACOs at the Third National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Summit in Washington, D.C., June 6-8.
A new analysis released in the May issue of Health Affairs attempts to change the direction of the contentious debate around a perceived bias by the committee that advises the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the relative value of physician services.