Richard Pizzi
Ohio physicians say the current economic conditions are taking their toll on access to healthcare and the practice of medicine in the state, according to a survey by the Ohio State Medical Association.
The El Camino Hospital District board of directors has approved its Fiscal Year 2010 Community Benefit Plan, identifying $4.9 million in grants to be funded from district tax receipts.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index found that Americans' confidence in their health insurance coverage and access to healthcare dropped in July.
In a new paper published in the journal Health Affairs, health policy researchers are proposing a new method of allocating Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments.
Many Americans may support the idea of health reform, but only a minority are willing to pay higher taxes to accomplish it, according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs.
A new report by A.M. Best claims that many small and mid-sized not-for-profit hospitals are paying insufficient attention to their bottom lines, making it difficult for them to effectively carry out their mission and endangering their long-term survival.
HealthDataInsights, Inc., the Medicare recovery audit contractor for Region D, has initiated automated audits to verify the accuracy of seven hospital outpatient and physician codes on Medicare claims paid since Oct. 1, 2007.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that some people enrolled in Medicare drug plans may need to take steps to ensure they have the coverage they need when 2010 open enrollment begins later this year.
If the United States can get private healthcare costs under control, federal budget deficits won't rise uncontrollably in the future, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
According to a new Health Savings Account market report by healthcare banking vendor Canopy Financial, average individual and family HSA account balances increased for the first time since the 2nd quarter of 2008.