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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has launched the new HHS Office of Health Reform.
Many uninsured American families who aren't covered by group health insurance through an employer can't afford to buy health insurance, according to a new study by the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
AMPM, Inc., has announced a long-term contract to provide medical billing services for the Seton Family of Hospitals Community Health Centers in Austin, Texas.
GenerationOne has reported positive results from a mobilized diabetes care management pilot program conducted by the ECHO Healthcare Education Foundation for a member employers of the Employers Coalition for Healthcare Options using the GenerationOne Mobile Health Solution.
Several prominent healthcare professional groups, including America's Health Insurance Plans, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, are set to meet with president Barack Obama Monday to announce a plan to cut healthcare costs by $2 trillion over 10 years.
The newly introduced “Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009" would, if passed, increase the number of Medicare-supported training positions for medical residents by 15 percent, or approximately 15,000 slots.
The Mississippi state senate on Thursday approved a proposal to build a $151 million, 100-bed hospital in Olive Branch in a special session of the Legislature.
Two senators have introduced the “STOP” Act (S. 975), which targets Medicare waste, fraud and abuse.
Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector grew by 17,000 jobs in April, although the national unemployment rate rose to 8.9 percent, according to recent data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Expanded details of President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2010 budget, released Thursday by the White House, indicates $879 billion will be set aside for the Department of Health and Human Services – an estimated $63 billion increase over fiscal year 2009.