Diana Manos
The government could save lives and cut costs if it made it more difficult to launch a new medication, according to a new study.The study, conducted by Duke University and published August 5...
A household survey sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Center for Health Statistics shows U.S. healthcare costs should approach $2.4 trillion this year....
In a bipartisan battle over how to protect Medicare's future, the House passed a measure last week to prevent President Bush from going forward with a proposed Medicare savings plan.The Hous...
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, plans to introduce legislation this week designed to expose physicians who overuse self-referred imaging services under...
Federal intervention will be needed if the United States hopes to advance nationwide healthcare IT adoption, according to Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag.At a House panel he...
The House introduced legislation Wednesday to help small business provide health insurance to their employees. The bipartisan Cooperative for Healthcare Options to Improve Coverage for Employ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said Monday his department will do all it can to promote the use of electronic prescribing as a way to launch widespread use of healthcare IT....
With a depressed economy and already strained state budgets, a House panel on Tuesday considered extending emergency federal assistance to state Medicaid programs.The House Energy and Commerc...
PHYSICIANS MAY have gained a small reprieve with the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act in July. The bill, if it remains veto-proof as expected, would halt the 10.6 pe...
WASHINGTON - Physicians can rest easy for at least another year. On July 15, Congress approved the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331), passed July 9,...