Community Benefit

A new competitive bidding process implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will significantly limit growth in the home care products market in the coming years, according to a new analysis.

Donald Berwick, MD, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, faced the Senate for the first time on Wednesday, a few months after President Barack Obama nominated him to the post in a move designed to avoid such a review.

A federal report shows more than 14 percent of Medicare patients who enter the hospital are harmed by errors or oversights before they leave.

BayCare Behavioral Health has been awarded a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the amount of $200,000 to develop the Veteran, Family and Community Network (VFCN).

A national provider of administration services for employee benefit programs is teaming with MasterCard to improve employee participation in flexible spending and health savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has formally established the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is requesting stakeholders - particularly physicians - to give their two cents on accountable care organizations.

A pilot matching one of New Hampshire's largest insurance companies and its largest healthcare provider could pave the way for the creation of an accountable care organization.

A survey of more than 2,800 employers indicates most are unlikely to drop their employer-sponsored health plans under new insurance requirements that take affect in 2014.

Healthcare reform will emphasize the medical home model, but the nation may not have enough primary care doctors to handle the workload, according to a study by the University of Michigan Health System.