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Diana Manos

Diana Manos is Senior Editor for Healthcare IT News. Located in Washington, D.C., she covers policy and legislation issues surrounding healthcare IT. Follow Diana on Twitter @DManos_IT_News.

By Diana Manos | 11:12 am | January 19, 2009
With the nation's capital preparing for Tuesday’s inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, Congress has been busy pushing healthcare to the front of issues the new president will face on his first day in office.
By Diana Manos | 04:25 pm | January 15, 2009
The House passed a bill Wednesday to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), with the Senate scheduled to mark up a bill sometime Thursday.
By Diana Manos | 10:02 am | January 15, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released the long-awaited ICD-10 code set and set a new compliance date of Oct. 1, 2013.
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | January 13, 2009
CIGNA's Choice Fund account-based consumer-driven health plans reduced medical costs by 13 percent relative to HMO and PPO plans, according to a study released today by the insurer.The multi-...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | January 09, 2009
Families USA, the national organization for healthcare consumers, released a report Friday that shows temporary healthcare premiums for the recently unemployed consume some 84 percent of their unemplo...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | January 08, 2009
In a major speech Thursday, likened to those given on the campaign trail, President-elect Barack Obama outlined his plans for an economic recovery package he hopes to begin moving through Congress as...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | January 07, 2009
The federal government is inching closer to value-based healthcare, a proposition that has been heavily endorsed by the Bush Administration and promoted by the incoming Obama Administration.T...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | January 06, 2009
National health spending in 2007 was at its lowest rate of overall growth since 1998, according to a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS researchers said slo...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | December 31, 2008
The AMERIGROUP Corporation announced Wednesday that it has terminated its agreement to purchase a New Jersey Medicaid plan from the University Health Plan, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene C...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | December 30, 2008
One in five adults ages 45 and older are suffering from health problems due to financial stress, according to a recent AARP survey."Right now people are increasingly concerned about thei...