Policy and Legislation
St. Peter's Health Partners is the new name of an upstate New York health system to be created when the merger of Northeast Health, St. Peter's Health Care Services and Seton Health is completed later this summer.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee is looking at ways to move beyond the Sustainable Growth Rate formula, the current method of paying Medicare physicians.
Republicans have had an easy time criticizing the Barack Obama Administration's healthcare overhaul plan, but when it comes to creating their own, the way has been politically treacherous.
Republicans and Democrats have locked horns over the fiscal year 2012 budget and the federal deficit, with the fate of entitlement programs hanging in the balance.
"Reform" of the U.S. healthcare system can mean a myriad of things, all of which have been discussed and debated ad nauseum over the past two years - before, during and after passage of the Affordable Care Act.
A new Medicare Trustees Report has projected that Medicare's Hospital Insurance Fund will run out of money in 2024, five years earlier than projected in last year's report.
A recent survey of employers shows more than half would like to improve their employees' health habits as a means of reining in the rising cost of providing health benefits.
Those of us who thought the healthcare reform debate would settle once the law was passed and regulations began to take effect may have been misguided.
With six months to go before the HIPAA 5010 electronic claims submissions compliance date, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have announced two 5010 national testing days.
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced new steps to reduce premiums and make it easier for Americans to enroll in the federal Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP).