Policy and Legislation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week issued a hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2011 that would decrease average inpatient payments by 0.1 percent.
The number of licensed registered nurses in the United States grew to a new high of 3.1 million between 2004 and 2008, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Without significant reform to the healthcare system, the number of uninsured Americans could grow by 10 million in five years, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Senate adjourned early for the weekend without repealing or delaying the 21 percent Medicare physician pay cut that is expected to begin on March 3.
Premier healthcare alliance, which encompasses 2,300 not-for profit hospitals and health systems and more than 63,000 other healthcare organizations, addressed healthcare reform in a letter to Congressional leadership Jan. 12.
Ellen-Marie Whelan discusses evidence-based healthcare and how it can improve care in this video from the Center for American Progress.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced a 2 percent market basket update to Medicare's calendar year 2010 home health prospective payment system rates and modifications to the home health outlier policy.
Hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance's QUEST: High Performing Hospitals national collaborative have saved an estimated 8,043 lives and $577 million in one year, according to an analysis from Premier.
In this video from the Center for American Progress, Karen Davenport explains what it means to modernize the healthcare system and how doing so could save $550 billion over 10 years.
A new poll shows that a majority of Americans favor access to a public option for those who are unable to get healthcare coverage from an employer.