Diana Manos

The Government Accountability Office is calling for greater federal efforts to gather data on the risk of healthcare-associated infections in ambulatory surgical centers.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would create a federal single-payer healthcare system.

The battle over the fiscal year 2010 federal budget began Wednesday, and both the House and Senate budget committees expect the long process will include healthcare as one of the focal points.

Facing growing heat over his budget, President Barack Obama took his case to the American people Tuesday night in a televised press conference. Efficient healthcare is inseparable from this budget, he said.

The General Accountability Office says the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to upgrade its information on whether crowd-out should be a concern in states due to the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Healthcare reform, as proposed under the Obama administration, will bring some 'real changes' for small physician practices, according to Nydia Velázquez, chairman of the House Committee on Small Business.

Legislation was introduced Wednesday that would end insurance discrimination against those with pre-existing or chronic illnesses.

President Barack Obama defended his fiscal year 2010 budget proposal in a meeting Tuesday with Congressional budget committee leaders, saying it makes hard choices but will build health reform to ease the burden on businesses, budgets and families.

Private health insurance would not be threatened by public health plans, according to a new policy paper released by the New America Foundation.

As federal lawmakers prepare to push performance measures to improve quality of care, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program has recognized Mayo Clinic's Rochester Methodist and Saint Mary's hospitals as having exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care.