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Mary Mosquera

Mary Mosquera is a Washington, DC-area based freelance journalist covering healthcare payment and delivery reform, business and technology. Follow her on Twitter @mmosquera_news.

By Mary Mosquera | 09:06 am | February 24, 2012
As expected, the next stage of meaningful use builds on the criteria set forth in the first stage.
By Mary Mosquera | 08:51 am | February 21, 2012
The attorneys general from 12 states have filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to support the ACA.
By Mary Mosquera | 09:33 am | February 20, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has paid $3.12 billion to physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers who have started to meaningfully use electronic health records to improve the quality of patient care, HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday.
By Mary Mosquera | 02:49 pm | February 09, 2012
U.S. healthcare spending was up 3.9 percent in 2010, just slightly more than the 3.8 percent growth seen in 2009, according to numbers released in January by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
By Mary Mosquera | 02:31 pm | February 09, 2012
Hospitals are beginning to advocate for green practices, but it doesn’t just happen without a business plan. Providers need to put policies and procedures in place that keep physicians and employees mindful of the environment and that make green activities easier and more consistent.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:19 am | January 27, 2012
Acting CMS leader Marilyn Tavenner pushes for better care, better health and lower costs in her speech at the Care Innovations Summit on Thursday.
By Mary Mosquera | 09:08 am | January 19, 2012
Spurred by federal funding to upgrade enrollment systems and incentive programs to encourage increased coverage, more than half of the states expanded and simplified their Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs' eligibility, enrollment and renewal procedures in 2011, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
By Mary Mosquera | 06:17 pm | January 16, 2012
The state attorneys general of 10 states and the District of Columbia have filed an amicus brief supporting the constitutionality of the individual mandate.
By Mary Mosquera | 09:17 am | January 10, 2012
U.S. healthcare spending was up 3.9 percent in 2010, just slightly more than the 3.8 percent growth seen in 2009, according to numbers released Monday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
By Mary Mosquera | 09:50 am | January 09, 2012
The Justice Department filed its brief Friday on the question of the constitutionality of requiring Americans to attain minimum health insurance coverage. This is the first of four briefs to be filed as the Obama Administration explains its case supporting the health reform law before the Supreme Court hears arguments in March.