Bernie Monegain

Because he thinks in stories, Atul Gawande - surgeon, author, professor - started a recent lecture about the costs and failures of the country's healthcare system with a story about a middle-aged car mechanic in Alabama.

A hospital in Illinois known as "Good Sam" and a healthcare consulting group in Florida are among seven 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winners.

The Department of Health and Human Services will provide competitive funding for states to design and implement the information technology infrastructure needed to operate health insurance exchanges.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has made available up to $335 million for community health centers across the country under the Expanded Services initiative.

Medical practices that have implemented an electronic health record system report better financial performance than those still using paper, according to the Medical Group Management Association.

An ICD-10 expert told executives at the College of Health Information Management Executives' Fall CIO Forum that the conversion from ICD-9 codes to ICD-10 codes will be costly and disruptive – but necessary.

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly $49 million to help 48 states and the District of Columbia plan for health insurance exchanges - competitive, consumer-centered private health insurance marketplaces called for in the Affordable Care Act.

The federal government will give healthcare workforce training a boost with $130.8 million in grants, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday.

An alliance that claims more than 2,300 community-based hospitals as members is pressing Congress to fix the final rule on meaningful use to ensure that every hospital receives its fair share of incentive payments provided under the HITECH Act.

President Barack Obama put Donald Berwick, MD, at the helm of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 7 while Congress was in recess.