Chip Means
Action to provide healthcare coverage to the nation's 47 million uninsured residents must be taken immediately, Senators and health experts agreed at Wednesday's Senate Finance Committee Hearing....
A coalition of California health insurers that last year paid $55 million to physician groups for reaching quality care measures in a pay-for-performance program has added care efficiency to its asses...
LAKESIDE, MI - Seeking efficiency, cost-effectiveness and improved communication with patients, physicians in a Michigan-based health system have been testing a Web portal for virtual office visits. &...
NEW YORK – Coordination of care among providers could be improved if financial incentives were properly aligned, recent research suggests. “Although accountable for tr...
WASHINGTON – As President Bush’s healthcare plan, announced in his 2007 State of the Union Address, sinks in, industry stakeholders are debating the implications of tax credits, taxable he...
WASHINGTON – A diverse coalition of advocacy groups, employers, payers and healthcare associations preceded President Bush’s plan for universal coverage by announcing on Jan. 18 an “...
A program that provides financial incentives to hospitals that meet quality of care standards has been financially restructured and extended three years by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servic...
A new plan to fund local organizations to assess and report on providers' quality of care performance was announced Wednesday by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt....
Minority and low-income Medicare beneficiaries are relying on Medicare Advantage Plans and MediGap for healthcare coverage, new studies by America's Health Insurance Plans have found....
Many Medicare patients are not discussing with their physicians important aspects of their prescription medications, including how much they cost. That finding is outlined in a new st...