Chelsey Ledue
The American College of Physicians has released a white paper that supports the importance of primary care in providing patients with better outcomes at lower cost and the urgency of the need to preve...
Low fees discourage physicians from treating Medicaid patients, but payment delays also play an important role in physician decisions to avoid Medicaid patients, according to a study by the Center for...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reportedly saving taxpayers approximately $400 million by reducing improper payments in Medicare fee-for-service programs.According to the...
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has released the second report from his initiative on personalized healthcare, examining the potential for new findings in genetics and other molecu...
U.S. Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.), chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, is asking Congress to consider state Medicaid funding in its new economic stimulus package."I am pl...
Compared to patients in seven other countries, chronically ill adults in the United States are far more likely to forgo care because of costs, according to a new survey conducted by the Commonwealth F...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revised compensation requirements for sales agents and brokers who sell Medicare Advantage and prescription drug benefit plan options.&quo...
The Association of American Medical Colleges has called on Congress to consider the role U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals play in the nation's fiscal health as lawmakers develop legislation...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has granted the state of Minnesota a waiver that will ensure 18,000 parents remain eligible for MinnesotaCare health insurance. The state will receive...
A group of more than 15,000 U.S. physicians has called on President-elect Barack Obama and the new Congress to "do the right thing" and enact a single-payer national health insurance plan, a...