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Mary Wakefield, director of the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota, will take the reins at the Health Resources and Services Administration.
U.S. employers expect healthcare cost increases to hold steady at 6 percent and plan to adopt consumer-directed health plans in 2010 in an effort to control cost increases, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt, a global consulting firm, and the National Business Group on Health.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides financial incentives to physicians who adopt and use Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology. However, physicians who haven't adopted certified EHR systems by 2014 will have their Medicare reimbursements reduced by up to 3 percent beginning in 2015.
Gyrodyne Company of America Inc. has agreed to buy Fairfax Medical Center in Fairfax, Va., for $13.2 million.
With Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), President Barack Obama's first pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, no longer an option, the White House has been mum on who might replace him, though many experts and news outlets claim they have inside knowledge.
The Massachusetts healthcare system, widely regarded as an example of how to provide universal coverage and keep costs low, is faltering badly and should not be held up as a national model for reform, according to a study released by Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and Public Citizen.
New Jersey's hospitals are reporting sharp hits to their bottom lines, a drain on cash reserves and an increase in layoffs, according to a statewide survey conducted by the New Jersey Hospital Association.
Insurance reforms are at the heart of a new Commonwealth Fund study that claims the changes could slow the growth of health spending by $3 trillion by the end of the next decade.
In a move to unite the power and influence of major U.S. nursing unions, the United American Nurses, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association are joining together to form a new, 150,000-member association.
The global hospital information systems market will climb past $35 billion by 2015, according to a new forecast by Global Industry Analysts. The United States represents the largest market in the world.