Policy and Legislation

President Barack Obama seems desperate for a compromise with Republicans over the debt ceiling. In a press conference on Monday, he once again agreed to consider cuts in social security and Medicare.

While employment growth nationally was disappointing in June, hiring in the U.S. healthcare sector continued to trend upward. The industry added 13,500 positions in June.

Healthcare IT is critical as hospitals begin to make the change from delivering volume-based care, to delivering value-based care.

The specter of copayments is one of the biggest issues facing the home healthcare industry today, said a panel Thursday.

Millions of Americans are not receiving needed dental care services because of "persistent and systemic" barriers that limit their access to oral healthcare, says a new report by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council.

Nine emergency department health providers have created a consensus statement that lays out metrics to help reduce ED crowding.

A home care advocacy organization says the Office of Inspector General's recent report about the unnecessary provision of powered wheelchairs to Medicare beneficiaries is misleading and that the real problem is a flawed documentation process.

A proposed revision of the "advice" exemption of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) of 1959 will restrict access to legal counsel and forwards an organized labor agenda, opponents say.

Industry research firm IBISWorld has forecast the top 10 sectors that will benefit from the creation of state health insurance exchanges under the new rules released this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A new proposed rule has been released by the Department of Health and Human Services outlining ways that states can design and manage their health insurance marketplaces to allow consumers and businesses to comparison shop for health plans starting in 2014.