Richard Pizzi
Montlhy editorial from Richard Pizzi, Editor
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has made it possible for hospitals to refinance debt under the HUD/FHA Section 242 Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program, without conditioning such refinancing on new construction or renovation.
While approximately 95 percent of healthcare organizations offer prescription drug coverage as part of their medical plan offerings, non-formulary co-pays in these plans have increased over the last three years.
The Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research has recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services prioritize certain types of interventions and populations when allocating $400 million in funding.
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that the Obama administration will rescind all or part of three Medicaid regulations that were previously issued and delay the enforcement of a fourth regulation.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a series of new reports on the healthcare status quo that highlight what she calls the "urgent need" for health reform across the nation.
Worldwide gross medical tourism revenue is projected to grow from $56 billion to $100 billion by 2012, with Asia as a major driver of this growth, according to experts speaking Monday at the Healthcare Travel Exhibition and Congress in Singapore.
In an attempt to solve the long-term nursing shortage in Maryland, the state's healthcare leaders last week announced grants of $15.5 million over five years to 17 Maryland-based schools of nursing.
According to a note from the American Hospital Association, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent an e-mail to hospitals reminding those facilities participating in the Medicare pay-for-reporting program that they will have from July 1 to Aug. 15 to report whether they participate in a systematic database for cardiac surgery.
Most U.S. healthcare organizations saw an increase in their health insurance premiums this year, according to information contained in the 2009 Compensation Data Healthcare report.