Chelsey Ledue
Growth in national health expenditures is expected to significantly outpace economic growth in 2009 due to the recession, according to a report issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
New York's Medicaid program spends more on long-term health care than any other state, but indicators of quality are "about average or slightly above average," according to a new report issued Friday by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government.
Significant state Medicaid reform efforts in Louisiana and Rhode Island will likely face challenges in light of the nation's economic downturn, particularly as Medicaid populations grow, according to HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care market intelligence.
U.S. employers expect healthcare cost increases to hold steady at 6 percent and plan to adopt consumer-directed health plans in 2010 in an effort to control cost increases, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt, a global consulting firm, and the National Business Group on Health.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides financial incentives to physicians who adopt and use Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology. However, physicians who haven't adopted certified EHR systems by 2014 will have their Medicare reimbursements reduced by up to 3 percent beginning in 2015.
The Massachusetts healthcare system, widely regarded as an example of how to provide universal coverage and keep costs low, is faltering badly and should not be held up as a national model for reform, according to a study released by Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and Public Citizen.
The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy said it helped to remove - at "the 11th hour" - language in the economic stimulus bill that would have damaged philanthropic fundraising efforts by nonprofit hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a 60-day delay of the effective date of the Competitive Bidding Interim Final Rule, to April 18, 2009.
Six Miami-Dade County residents have been indicted on a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme, operated out of Midway Medical, a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in treating HIV/AIDS patients.
Generation Xers say they feel unprepared for long-term care and do not feel they are taking the necessary steps to prepare for their futures, according to a survey released today by America's Health Insurance Plans.