Diana Manos
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...
WASHINGTON – Contrary to popular belief, healthcare spending over the next several decades will not be dominated by the coming retirement of the baby boomer generation, a new report from the Con...
WASHINGTON – Congress used special methods late in December to approve a bill that would defer a 10.1 percent Medicare payment cut for physicians that was scheduled to take effect January 1....
Despite the criticism the federal government has taken on the fledgling Medicare prescription drug program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced last week that it anticipates smooth...
Researchers at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) and the University of Memphis Center for Healthcare Technology have taken a lead from the military on an innovative way to explore how to boost nur...
Practice Fusion, a company that provides free online electronic health records to physicians, announced last week it will partner with Physician Services, Inc. (PSI) of California and Azalea Health In...
A new report by the Government Accountability Office questions some $90 million in payments to federal contractors under the Medicare Part D prescription drug program....
A General Accounting Office report yesterday showed that adult coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program is causing an undue burden on some states. ...
Congress used special methods over the past two days to approve a bill that would defer a 10 percent Medicare payment cut for doctors scheduled to begin Jan. 1. The Medicare, Medi...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill today continue to wrangle over a compromise in 2008 spending that would be acceptable to President Bush. The bill would allow more than $6 million for telehealth projects and...