Richard Pizzi
The California HealthCare Foundation's annual publication, California's Uninsured, 2008, shows that over the past 20 years, the percent of uninsured Californians under age 65 has continued to r...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched its fourth annual healthcare provider satisfaction survey of Medicare fee-for-service contractors who process and pay more than $280 billi...
The Clayton County (Ga.) Commission rejected a bond this week for the county's only hospital, which may lead to layoffs or - in the worst case scenario - closing the hospital.The commission v...
New York has recovered more than double the federal requirements for improperly paid Medicaid funds, according to New York Medicaid Inspector General James G. Sheehan.Under the Federal-State...
Medicare Advantage organizations earned $1.3 billion more than was projected in profits in 2006, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.MA organizations are not requi...
The Leapfrog Group has identified the "Highest Value" hospitals in the United States based on a review of over 1,220 hospitals participating in the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey.T...
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is opening a health insurance retail store - called Highmark Direct - in a Pittsburgh shopping center. The company says it will be the first health insurer in Pennsylva...
Cooper University Hospital is opening a new $220 million patient pavilion on its Camden (N.J.) Health Sciences Campus. It is the hospital's largest construction expansion in more than 30 years....
Overall medical and pharmacy costs for people with diabetes can be lowered by more than 10 percent per year if individuals receive regular, non-surgical periodontal services, according to a recent Uni...
Nearly nine in 10 hospital executives believe the current economic crisis will impact their facilities more heavily than the downturn of 2001-2002.This data comes from a survey titled "T...