Diana Manos

Hospitals are falling short of the Joint Commission's language access requirements for patients with limited English, according to a new report.

The Department of Health and Human Services has reported that nearly 48,000 Medicare enrollees have saved $38 million this year - an average of $800 per person - under a 50 percent discount created by the Affordable Care Act.

The American Center for Law and Justice, a non-profit group focusing on Constitutional law, said it's encouraged by a district court decision that could help to catapult its case opposing the Affordable Care Act to the Supreme Court.

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has re-introduced the Fostering Independence Through Technology (FITT) Act, which would expand the use of telehealth technology under Medicare in rural and other underserved communities across the nation.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission released its annual recommendations to Congress on Tuesday, calling for a 1 percent pay increase for physicians.

Those familiar with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Recovery Audit Contractor program say the RAC audits haven't been as bad as was predicted when the controversial program was launched in late 2009.

There is one small part of the Affordable Care Act that both Republicans and Democrats seem to agree on: A desire to repeal the provision that requires small businesses, including physicians, to file an IRS 1099 form for each vendor purchase of $600 or more.

A health insurance broker told a House committee that administrative burdens caused by health reform could prompt employers to drop health insurance benefits in 2014, when federal insurance exchanges are scheduled to open.

A Las Vegas woman has pled guilty to falsely representing to Medicare that she owned a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment company which collected close to $2 million in federal reimbursement funds.

HealthGrades has named the top 10 cities in the United States with the fewest reports of patient safety incidents at hospitals.