Diana Manos

Last night Barack Obama made history, elected as the 44th U.S. president and the first African American to hold the office, he declared "change has come." In a text message sent las...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily canceled activity involving four new contractors in its Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program due to complaints received from two compa...

Mental illness touches most Americans during their lifetimes, either directly or indirectly, according to a report released Oct. 31 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Early trea...

Since Massachusetts passed its 2006 law requiring employers to provide easy access to healthcare, some 439,000 people have gained coverage. But a study released Thursday by the Center for Studying Hea...

The Advance Medical Technology Association, American Hospital Association and  American Health Information Management Association urged Congress in a letter Tuesday not to delay adoption of the n...

Under pressure from the troubled economy, hospitals are turning to their investment cash flow as a source of capital, according to a study released today by A.M. Best. Despite decreased reven...

THE FEDERAL government came together in October with unprecedented speed to pass a $700 billion dollar bailout package for Wall Street. But what about healthcare? Shouldn't there be a bailout for this...

The Premier healthcare alliance, an organization serving more than 2,000 not-for-profit hospitals and health systems, has issued a plea to its contracted hospital suppliers to keep prices down during...

Kaiser's October phone survey of 1,217 adults, including 1,115 registered voters, found twice as many named Obama as the candidate best representing their views on healthcare, rather than Sen. John Mc...

There are no winning or losing sides when it comes to reforming U.S. healthcare, said David Cutler, health advisor to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). "It's...