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By Chris Anderson | 10:15 am | December 28, 2010
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has awarded $206 million in bonus payments to 15 sates that have made significant progress in increasing the number of children enrolled in Medicaid.
By Diana Manos | 11:07 am | December 27, 2010
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, is pressuring the Obama administration to defend how it has spent money fighting Medicare fraud.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:46 am | December 27, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced that registration for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health records incentive programs opens January 3. Eligible professionals, hospitals and critical access hospitals must use certified EHR technology to be eligible.
By Molly Merrill | 02:55 pm | December 26, 2010
According to a new study, one in six physicians in 2008 reported that their practice owned or leased advanced imaging equipment.
By Chris Anderson | 10:48 am | December 22, 2010
In a war of words that has implications for Pennsylvania's budget crisis, Governor Edward Rendell on Monday released data from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report that showed the state's Medicaid error rate was 4.07 percent, much lower than the rate in excess of 15 percent claimed last month by Auditor General Jack Wagner.
By Molly Merrill | 10:21 am | December 22, 2010
Despite tort reform efforts aimed at reducing malpractice risk, a recent study indicates physicians are still worried about lawsuits, leading them to practice defensive medicine and driving up healthcare costs.
By Brendan L. Smith | 05:13 pm | December 21, 2010
Three U.S. District judges presiding over legal challenges to the landmark federal healthcare law have held financial investments in the healthcare industry, according to a Center for Public Integrity review of their latest available financial disclosure forms.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:03 am | December 21, 2010
Americans' confidence in their ability to obtain and afford healthcare continued its decline in November, according to a consumer sentiment index by Thomson Reuters.
By Chris Anderson | 10:58 am | December 21, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules aimed at delivering new transparency and scrutiny to health insurance rate increases. Under the proposed rules the HHS will work with states to require health insurers to provide information for "unreasonable" rate hikes.
By Molly Merrill | 10:51 am | December 21, 2010
President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that clarifies the term "creditor" in the Red Flags Rule, excluding doctors and other small businesses.