Diana Manos

The skyrocketing costs of the healthcare status quo are unsustainable, President Obama asserted in his annual weekly Web address Saturday.

Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, will provide a keynote at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Annual National Institute on how to move the U.S. toward a high performance health system. The key, she says, is focusing on people.

As Congress prepares to debate a major overhaul of the nation's healthcare system, Americans already have formed opinions in support of a public health option, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

As healthcare reform issues begin to boil on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be taking their campaign for reform to the people.

Democrats on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions released a health reform bill Tuesday that would build on employer-based coverage and include a public health plan option.

For the first time in 50 years, "we finally have a shot at healthcare reform," said Scott Malan, executive director of federal affairs for Stevens and Lee. This summer, Congress will be working on comprehensive healthcare reform legislation.

As health reform debate continues on Capitol Hill, Sen. Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said Monday he "strongly opposes" creating a government-run healthcare program.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will form a task force to develop recommendations for enhancing the transparency of the agency's operations and decision-making process.

A study released by the Center for Studying Health System Change suggests that early efforts to measure physician performance without addressing certain methodological and other shortcomings may not help lower healthcare costs.

Hospital emergency departments continue to face over-crowding, according to a new study by the U.S. General Accountability Office.