Policy and Legislation
Hospitals hiring physicians as employees and primary care physicians receiving financial incentives for patients who do well are among the 2010 healthcare trends cited in a new industry report from staffing firm Jackson & Coker.
CMS has announced final federal share disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for FY 2009 and the preliminary allotments for FY 2011.
Paul LePage, Maine's new Republican governor, has submitted a supplemental budget to the Legislature that includes paying back nearly $250 million owed to hospitals for overdue Medicaid charges.
In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance expressed concerns that a proposed rule for Medicare Part C and Part D plans for short-cycle dispensing of medications in long-term care settings would cost money, not save it as intended.
The drug shortage situation in the U.S. is something every person in America should be aware of, because depending on your health and the drug you may need, you may be out of luck. Can this really be happening in America? Yes!
A recent post-open enrollment survey conducted by HighRoads indicates that employees worry most about the rising cost of healthcare coverage, followed by coverage cancellation and new taxes on healthcare benefits.
Americans overwhelmingly believe that failure on the part of U.S. policymakers to invest more in medical innovation today will have a "significant long-term impact" on quality of life, employment and economic growth, according to a new poll.
The Camden Group has released its annual Top 10 Trends in Healthcare in 2011, which finds pressures to reduce costs and improve quality in healthcare will trigger an avalanche of activity centered on accountable care organizations, bundled payments and patient-centered medical homes.
If anything, 2011 is shaping up to be a year of considerable change for the healthcare industry. With the passage last year of the healthcare reform legislation followed by on-going legal challenges to certain aspects of the law, many in the healthcare field remain on the edge of their seats in anticipation of what is next.
Readers of this blog have often heard me say that a bipartisan agreement on a health care bill was possible in 2009--driven from the Senate Finance Committee. I have continually made the point that the two sides were much closer than is commonly believed--or partisans are willing to concede.