Diana Manos

WASHINGTON – The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted in early January in favor of a 1.1 percent increase in Medicare payments for doctors in 2009. The vote comes as a pre...

THE MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION (MedPAC) – an independent body comprised mainly of physicians – has determined that doctors should be paid a 1.1 percent increase for Medicare serv...

The House Committee on Small Business heard testimony Wednesday on the variety of challenges faced by small businesses in making healthcare affordable. According to a rec...

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association unveiled a strategy today that is designed to help revamp America's healthcare system. The report, "Pathway to Covering America: En...

The Leapfrog Group, which uses the collective leverage of its members to initiate breakthroughs in healthcare safety, quality and affordability, announced today it will appoint Leah Binder as its new...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted last week for a 1.1 percent increase in Medicare payments for doctors in 2009. The vote comes as a precursor...

WellPoint, Inc., the nation's largest health benefits company, announced Tuesday that it will soon have a new system for consumers to rate their overall experience with their doctor and share it with...

Americans will have to shoulder greater and greater healthcare costs into the future, with incomes unlikely to keep pace with the increases, a new study shows. The study, rel...

EXPERTS BOTH ON AND OFF CAPITOL HILL say healthcare will be key in the upcoming election year. Among the most hotly debated issues is reform and how to insure the uninsured – a to...

For months leading up to today's first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire, Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) were leading the polls. Despite Barack Obama's recent surge, the...