Policy and Legislation
HHS said its approach is designed to make sure that consumers have quality and affordable coverage starting in 2014.
Last week, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction - better known to most as the Supercommittee - announced that it would not be able to reach a compromise for federal budget cuts of $1.2 trillion by its set Thanksgiving deadline.
President Barack Obama yesterday gave home healthcare workers a boost of confidence when he announced his administration is proposing minimum wage and overtime protections for the country's nearly 2 million home care workers.
The Bipartisan Options for the Future white paper by Ron Wyden (Senate Democrat from Oregon) and Paul Ryan (Republican Congressman from Wisconsin) is billed as a bold move to reform Medicare.
Two months past deadline, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a proposed rule offering guidelines for how drug and device makers will report their contracts with physicians.
The proportion of Americans reporting problems affording prescription drugs remained level between 2007 and 2010, with more than one in eight going without a prescribed drug in 2010, according to a national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change. Despite the flat numbers, the news isn't necessarily good.
The National Center for Health Statistics released new data yesterday showing 2.5 million more adults 26 and under had health insurance than would have without passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A House bill passed Tuesday that included a "fix" to the ongoing sustainable growth rate problem is expected to meet its demise in the Senate. If the bill somehow survives, President Barack Obama has threatened to veto it. Where does that leave doctors? Facing the likelihood of a 27.4 percent pay cut.
Only 27 percent of physicians believe the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will likely reduce healthcare costs by increasing efficiency and half believe access to healthcare will decrease because of hospital closures that will result from the law, according to a new study published yesterday by industry consulting firm Deloitte.
A recent report released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave insight into the variation of healthcare spending by state, with New England and the Mideast regions spending the most. Here are eight more healthcare spending trends identified in the report.