Stephanie Bouchard
With the numbers of Alzheimer’s disease patients expected to reach 13.2 million coupled with an estimated price tag of $1.1 trillion (in 2011 dollars) by 2050, lawmakers and those in the healthcare industry know how imperative it is that the country get a handle on the disease.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Committee yesterday voted 17 to 5 to approve a bill that repeals the hotly-debated Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).
A Texas doctor, his office manager and five owners of home health agencies were arrested Tuesday in what law enforcement officials are calling "the largest alleged home health fraud scheme ever committed."
The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) have formed a partnership that may lead toward a formal affiliation the NUHW announced last week.
When lawmakers agreed to another postponement of the Medicare payment rate, physicians both breathed a sigh of relief and clenched their teeth in frustration. There had been so much optimism that this time Congress would repeal the sustainable growth rate formula. Now doctors are looking at continuing the fight instead of moving on to other issues, like payment reform.
The Federal Trade Commission has dismissed its lawsuit against Omnicare after the long-term care pharmacy provider dropped its hostile bid to take over rival PharMerica.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a draft of the national plan to address Alzheimer's disease, an affliction that affected an estimated 5.4 million Americans in 2011 and is expected to affect 13.2 million by 2050.
Creating a physician compensation plan is a difficult thing for healthcare systems to do, but these 10 tips from an education session offered by the Maine chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association will help you design a successful one.
The National Quality Forum is endorsing 14 quality measures on palliative and end-of-life care focused on addressing care management concerns.
Last Friday, lawmakers voted to postpone a 27.4 percent payment cut to doctors as part of its payroll tax cut package. The postponement of the pay cut provides temporary relief for doctors but increases the federal deficit and has angered those in the healthcare sectors paying for it.