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President Barack Obama has signed a measure that will postpone a 21.2 percent Medicare physician pay cut until March 1, 2010.
Public employees in Oregon will soon have access to a wider range of prescription medications at lower costs through the Oregon Prescription Drug Program (OPDP).
IBM’s financing arm has announced partnerships with four healthcare IT vendors in an effort to push electronic health records to providers ahead of the government’s incentive program.
Businesses and individuals hit hard by the recession have shifted charitable giving patterns to longer-term pledges and gift commitments rather than ceasing to give altogether, according to a new study.
St. Luke’s Hospital, a 314-bed facility in northwest Ohio, may be considering a merger with another hospital group in its region due to increasing operating losses.
After a month of intense debate, a preliminary roll call of Democrats held at 1 a.m. Monday revealed the Senate has the 60 votes needed to override Republicans and call a floor vote on a healthcare reform bill.
D2 Sales, LLC, based in Mequon, Wis., has announced that the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati has completed pilot testing and is rolling out the company’s My Patient Passport Express healthcare check-in kiosk.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has awarded $72.6 million to nine states for enrolling children in health coverage and improving their access to Medicaid and the state children’s health insurance program.
Studies show that “never events” add significantly to Medicare hospital payments, ranging from an average of an additional $700 per case to treat pressure ulcers to $9,000 per case to treat postoperative sepsis.
A new poll of U.S. healthcare quality improvement experts shows that solving payment problems and restructuring malpractice suits/tort reform top the list of areas that would help to eliminate waste.