Fred Bazzoli
A survey of healthcare consumers finds an increasing gap in perceptions of security among those who have health coverage and those who don't. The second annual Health Security I...
A variety of labor and advocacy organizations are asking Congress to enact reforms in the Medicare Advantage program, contending that the current payment system provides excessive tax subsidies to the...
The Tenet Healthcare Corp. has signed a multi-year agreement with Viant Holdings, Inc., a Naperville, Ill.-based company that operates managed care networks. The agreem...
The HumanaDental Insurance Company, a division of the Louisville, Ky.-based insurer, plans to begin screening for oral cancer to some members as part of its coverage. The company s...
Two large pharmaceutical companies are being asked to defend themselves against charges that they withheld information that an enhanced cholesterol-lowering drug is no more effective than generic stat...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday updated the Hospital Compare consumer Web site to give consumers more information about their hospitals....
MOVING HOSPITALS to a value-based payment system won’t be a slam-dunk, according to testimony presented last month in a Senate Finance Committee meeting. According to a report rel...
GREENVILLE, SC – Emergency departments – gotta have ‘em, and gotta lose big money in the process. While hospitals are obligated to provide emergency care services, most...
GOLDSBORO, NC – Tom Bradshaw’s son was being treated at Wayne Memorial Hospital and was hooked up to an IV pump. Bradshaw, familiar with the need to have medica...
IF YOU LISTEN LONG ENOUGH, you’re bound to hear stories of consumers totally confounded by how things work in healthcare. This is one of those stories. It’s based on a colum...