Diana Manos

Three major U.S. automakers have joined the growing list of companies that have pledged to promote President Bush's plan for value-driven healthcare, the Department of Health and Human Services announ...

At the Families USA Health Action conference last Thursday, 2008 presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) called for universal healthcare in the U.S. by no later than 2012....

Healthcare promises to be a huge campaign issue in the 2008 election, political advisors for both major parties say. But well before then, President Bush wants to leave a positive legacy, callin...

WASHINGTON – A study released Jan. 4 by the Center for Studying Health System Change shows that physicians are still predominantly paid for productivity rather than quality. The s...

Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt announced Wednesday that 175 companies  -up from 100 in December- have now pledged to abide by President Bush's transparency plan for advancing...

Responding to consistent and widespread concern over proposed cuts to physician Medicare payment rates, the lame-duck Congress passed on its last day, Dec. 9, legislation preventing cuts through 2007....

Congress needs to reform Medicare and Medicaid to improve their integrity and sustainability, according to a Nov. 17 report issued by the Government Accountability Office. "Absent ref...

Key Congressional staffers agree that lack of money will be the force that molds lawmaking in the coming year. At a December health legislation briefing hosted by the Alliance for Health R...

Although government and industry officials have been touting the patient safety benefits of electronic health records, physician practices have been slow to adopt the technology – primarily beca...

Physicians are still predominantly paid for productivity rather than quality, a study released Jan. 4 by the Center for Studying Health System Change has shown....