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The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America announced an agreement Saturday with the Senate Finance Committee and the White House to reduce drug costs for elderly Americans.
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has received $6 billion in new federal funding for fiscal year 2009.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday that the Senate has unanimously confirmed Howard Koh, MD, as the next Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS.
LYNX Medical Systems has announced a partnership with Sentara Healthcare, based in Virginia, to design and deliver packaged integration between the Picis LYNX E/Point emergency department revenue management solution and the Epic Systems Corporation's ED information system.
The Community Oncology Alliance, a nonprofit group of medical practitioners who deliver cancer care across the country, is working with Congress on the Quality Cancer Care Demonstration (QCCD) project, the "architecture of a solution to today's cancer care crisis."
In an ongoing series of stakeholder health reform discussions, the White House hosted a panel of physicians Thursday to discuss the use of prevention and wellness initiatives for cutting healthcare costs and improving health.
The Department of Veterans' Affairs, which has nearly 8 million veterans enrolled in its healthcare system, will welcome nearly 266,000 more veterans into its medical centers and clinics across the country.
Supply chain management might not be the hot topic of discussion in the hospital setting, but healthcare administrators looking to cut costs in this economy would do well to look at how their supplies are procured, stored and distributed.
Congressional leaders have promised President Obama they will come up with a comprehensive healthcare reform bill by Oct. 1. The president says any reform plan needs bipartisan support in order to be sustainable. As congressional panels and party leaders begin their campaigns in earnest, the heat on both sides of the aisle-on and off Capitol Hill-- is starting to mount.
Healthcare costs for the nation's employers are expected to grow by another nine percent next year, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.