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A report from the International Federation of Health Plans on common medical services and procedures in 12 countries shows some cost as much as four times more in the United States than in other developed nations.
In yet another good news/bad news scenario, lawmakers once again postponed a 23 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursements to doctors - but only for one month.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has launched the new application cycle for the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, which received $290 million from the Affordable Care Act this year.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aims to boost the effectiveness of Medicare's fee-for-service program by making it easier for consumers to choose the hospitals they use based on the quality and cost of the services they offer.
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the credit rating on more than $200 million in revenue bonds issued on behalf of the Nebraska Methodist Health System, a three-hospital system based in Omaha, Neb.
Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark has ordered insurers selling in the commonwealth's individual health insurance market to offer an annual open enrollment period in January for residents under age 19.
New regulations issued by the Department of Health and Human Services require health insurers to spend 80 percent to 85 percent of consumers' premiums on direct care for patients and efforts to improve care quality, starting in 2011.
The Health Resources and Services Administration at the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly $8 million for existing Community Health Center Cooperative Agreements, which will provide additional technical assistance for the organizations that support community health centers.
H.D. Smith, a Springfield, Ill.-based pharmaceutical wholesaler, has been selected by the Moffitt Cancer Center as its primary pharmaceutical supplier of critical therapies designed to help patients undergoing treatment for cancer.
A South Carolina Medical Association survey indicates insurance company protocols often interfere with physicians' ability to provide optimal care for their patients.