Diana Manos
Squeezing every penny out of healthcare costs will top the healthcare industry's focus for 2010, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
U.S. officials should revise the National Vaccine Strategy to accelerate development of high-priority vaccines, according to a new report released by the Institute of Medicine.
At a forum organized by Common Good, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, held Thursday in Washington, DC, stakeholders and experts on medical liability issues discussed ways reform could lower healthcare costs in the U.S. and improve patient safety.
Most states have managed to safeguard and, in some cases, expand healthcare coverage for children and parents in their Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP) Programs in 2009, according to a new survey.
As the Senate continues to debate its healthcare reform bill, Senate minority leaders Tom Coburn, MD (R-Okla.), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and David Vitter (R-La.) filed an amendment this week that would call on the president, his administration, White House staff, members of Congress and their staff to enroll in the government-run public option, should it pass.
In January of this year, the Department of Health and Human Services released the long-awaited ICD-10 codes and extended the compliance date for adopting them from Oct. 1, 2011 to Oct. 1, 2013.
Unless Congress acts, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans a 21.2 percent Medicare pay cut for physicians beginning Jan. 1, 2010.
Now that the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor, or RAC, program is rolling out nationwide, officials from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services say they want to make the program less burdensome for providers.
The Public Campaign Action Fund has named Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as "insurance puppets" for their stances on healthcare reform.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and David Blumenthal, MD, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, have announced $235 million in grants supporting non-profit organizations and local governments that can exemplify the positive impact of healthcare IT on population health.