Diana Manos
Small pharmacies say they are threatened by a new federal law to take effect in January that could cause many of them to close, according to Charles Sewell, senior vice president of the National Commu...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday that 42.5 million U.S. residents of all ages were uninsured in the first half of 2007. There was no significant change in the percentage...
The American College of Physicians, the nation's largest medical specialty group, yesterday endorsed single-payer healthcare as a national reform agenda. ACP, wit...
The debate heated up yesterday over the future of e-prescribing as it relates to controlled substances. Many proponents of e-prescribing say adoption could be more widespread if doctors weren't so enc...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt urged Congress yesterday to include a requirement for doctors to use electronic health records as part of any proposed Medicare physician payment...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a list last week of the nation's poorest performing nursing homes targeted for increased inspection and enforcement efforts....
MANCHESTER, NH - Democratic presidential hopeful Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) said his healthcare reform plan would not increase bureaucracy, but would mandate healthcare coverage for all Americans....
WASHINGTON - Contrary to popular belief, baby boomers aren't projected to be the major factor in healthcare spending increases over the next several decades, according to a new report from the Congres...
BOSTON - Massachusetts' statewide healthcare reform is expected to have spillover cost consequences on small businesses, according to a Thursday report released by the Center for Studying Health Syste...
WASHINGTON - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that most of the 40 million seniors enrolled in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program are happy with it. However, s...