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Healthcare IT News Managing Editor Mike Milliard spoke recently with TIME magazine correspondent Michael Grunwald about his book, "The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era" and about the lasting impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
At a time when delivering high quality healthcare is a top priority for every hospital executive, physician-owned hospitals are having much difficulty gaining traction for future expansion and development in light of healthcare reform.
Later this month, just as the Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the 2010 health law, the House is expected to pass a measure that would repeal an advisory board created in the law to curb Medicare spending if it exceeds specific targets.
Medicare Part B premiums in 2012 will be more than 6 percent less than was projected earlier this year by the Medicare Trustees.
An alliance that claims more than 2,300 community-based hospitals as members is pressing Congress to fix the final rule on meaningful use to ensure that every hospital receives its fair share of incentive payments provided under the HITECH Act.
The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee is holding a hearing July 20, 2010 on efforts to promote the adoption of health information technology, specifically through Medicare incentives designed to encourage the meaningful use of electronic health records.
A new report by the Institute for America's Future finds regulation of the private health insurance industry alone will not be sufficient in helping to provide affordable coverage for all Americans.
Private health insurance plans serving Medicare beneficiaries will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009 than the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, a new Commonwealth Fund study finds.
Wednesday's heated House Ways and Means Committee hearing may provide a glimpse into the battles ahead in health reform as Congress works toward a June deadline.
It's possible to provide health insurance for uninsured Americans and also save healthcare costs, asserts a report released Friday by the Commonwealth Fund. Technology would have to play a ke...
