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Congress is seeking a bigger role in plans by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement bidding among durable medical equipment suppliers. On Wednesday, members of the...
The United Health Foundation and drug manufacturer Pfizer have each awarded $50,000 unrestricted grants to the American College of Physicians. ACP officials say they will use the money to develop phys...
Eight out of 10 Americans are concerned about access to care for seniors and baby boomers due the physician payment cuts scheduled for July 1, according to a poll conducted by the American Medical Ass...
A study released Thursday by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) shows that hospital quality improvement programs increase strain on nurses, aggravating an already difficult nursing sho...
Rural physician practices in Tennessee are receiving free electronic prescribing tools thanks to a pilot program launched earlier this month by the Bureau of TennCare and Shared Health, the state's la...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has contracted with National Government Services (NGS) to serve as the first point of contact for the processing and payment of Medicare fee-for-service claims fr...
A three-year survey shows that although consumer-driven and high deductible health plans increased in 2007, they still only make up a small segment of the overall insurance market....
Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce introduced a bill last week to block an estimated $20 billion in cuts to Medicaid over the next five years due to new regulations imposed under th...
In a deal estimated to affect more than 150,000 U.S. physicians and another 700 hospitals, Allscripts and Misys Healthcare have announced a merger. The transaction, announced ea...
A bill introduced by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) is aimed at blocking the looming 10.6 percent Medicare payment cut scheduled for July 1. The bill, if passed, would help...