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By Chelsey Ledue | 10:14 am | March 02, 2009
A national healthcare quality coalition is urging major reforms in the way Medicare, Medicaid and private health insurance plans pay primary care physicians.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:07 am | March 02, 2009
A number of economic factors are driving unprecedented membership losses at most health insurance plans, according to a recent study.
By Diana Manos | 11:51 pm | March 01, 2009
President Barack Obama announced Monday he has tapped Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Department of Health and Human Services secretary and Nancy Ann DeParle as Director of the White House Office for Health Reform.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:11 am | February 27, 2009
Baptist Health South Florida saw a large return on investment while using a health automation system, said Jason Stoyles, corporate manager of interfaces and integration.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:03 am | February 27, 2009
President Barack Obama's first proposed budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs expands eligibility for healthcare to an additional 500,000 veterans over the next five years.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:16 am | February 27, 2009
The CEO of Tufts Health Plan, who is the grandson of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a member of President Obama’s transition team, is urging universal healthcare.
By Diana Manos | 09:22 am | February 27, 2009
President Barack Obama asked Congress for $76.8 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services Thursday in a fiscal year 2010 federal budget outline.
By Richard Pizzi | 09:22 am | February 27, 2009
The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to approve a fiscal year 2009 omnibus spending package for the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:16 pm | February 26, 2009
Huge inefficiencies in the U.S. healthcare system are harming the nation's ability to expand access to care, according to a new analysis of Medicare spending by researchers of the Dartmouth Atlas Project in the New England Journal of Medicine.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:11 am | February 26, 2009
The board of directors of the Boston-based Partners Healthcare system has named Brigham and Women’s Hospital President Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, as its next president and CEO.