Chelsey Ledue
"America's Agenda: Health Care for Kids," a non-partisan organization of labor and business leaders, has launched a TV and mail campaign aimed at persuading a divided Congress to approve leg...
Staten Island University Hospital will pay the United States government more than $74 million to settle claims that the hospital defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and the military's health insurance progra...
Seven states have received $8.3 million in federal grants to increase awareness of home- and community-based long-term care options for people leaving hospitals who otherwise may enter a traditional n...
The Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania has reportedly reduced hospital admissions by 20 percent and saved 7 percent in total medical costs by providing a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) mode...
Medical practice leaders have voiced their frustration with Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), citing the lack of data for improving patient outcomes, the administrative burden...
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has pledged $1 million in individual assistance for Louisiana victims of Hurricane Gustav, through a new Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPA...
Private Medicare Advantage plans will be paid an average 12.4 percent more per enrollee in 2008 compared to what the same enrollee would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program,...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded a four-year contract to Columbia, S.C.-based Companion Data Services, LLC (CDS) for data center operations that support Medicare claims pro...
Gov. Steve Beshear has outlined an "ambitious plan" to get as many children as possible enrolled in the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) by 2010.The Beshear Plan...
The Medical Group Management Association has submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in response to its proposed 2009 Physician Fee Schedule.Among its recommendat...