Diana Manos

With the presidential race at last narrowed down to two major candidates, it’s more tempting to speculate as to what the healthcare landscape may be under the next administration.  ...

Though Congress is in recess until July 8, the battle rages on over how to fund a potential physician payment fix needed to forestall a 10.6 payment cut for physicians participating in Medicare that w...

WASHINGTON – As of press time, Congress was unable to forge a bipartisan compromise that would provide relief from the anticipated 10.6 percent Medicare payment cut for physicians.  ...

Chris Jackson, press secretary for Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), said the temporary delay will allow Congress to work on a bipartisan bill with enough support to pass before the new deadline. Congress wi...

The Senate failed Thursday night to pass a veto-proof vote on a bill that would block a 10.6 percent payment cut for physicians participating in Medicare. The cut is slated to begin July 1.Ea...

Private health plans such as Humana Inc. Aetna and UnitedHealth Group Inc. participating in Medicare Advantage (MA), an alternative to the traditional fee-for-service program made billions more in pro...

Just when doctors thought things couldn't get much worse, experts say, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has thrown another wrench into the already difficult transition to using Nationa...

A series of blows and counter-blows in the Senate killed all chances this week of a Medicare payment fix getting off the ground. With less than three weeks left to block the mandated payment...

Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft Corp. are launching a pilot project to bring Microsoft's HealthVault platform together with Kaiser Permanente's personal health records for use by Kaiser employees and...

An issue brief released Friday by the Commonwealth Fund says young adults between the ages 19 and 29 are one of the largest and fastest-growing segments of the U.S. population without health insurance...