Policy and Legislation
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced late last week that acute care hospitals will receive an inflation update in their payment rates of 2.1 percent in fiscal year 2010.
About 45,000 office-based physicians may be eligible for up to $63,750 over six years to improve and maintain their health information technology systems because of their participation in Medicaid, according to a new study.
Investment in community-based health centers could save states millions of dollars a year, according to a study conducted by The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
There have been myriad articles of late on the costs of healthcare and reform, yet fewer address the costs of quality. In this guest post, Dr. Seymour Handler, pathologist, provides his insight on cost inflation, “the most important problem facing healthcare in the United States.”
A new report from the nonprofit California HealthCare Foundation focuses on the concept of a national health insurance exchange and examines whether California's experience can inform the national debate.
In this video, retired hospital CEO Kester Freeman speaks to the urgency of healthcare reform and the need for a rational reimbursement system for providers.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday it has posted new ratings on 4,000 hospitals on its "Hospital Compare" website, including new mortality and readmission data.
In this video by Action for Better Healthcare, Don Ammon, retired president and CEO of Adventist Health, discusses the importance of adjusting incentives for primary care physicians as a key part of healthcare reform.
Nurses believe that heavy workloads and insufficient staff are impacting patient care and health outcomes around the world, according to research presented at the International Council of Nurses' 24th Quadrennial Congress.
Healthcare costs for the nation's employers are expected to grow by another nine percent next year, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.