Policy and Legislation
Ellen-Marie Whelan discusses evidence-based healthcare and how it can improve care in this video from the Center for American Progress.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced a 2 percent market basket update to Medicare's calendar year 2010 home health prospective payment system rates and modifications to the home health outlier policy.
Hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance's QUEST: High Performing Hospitals national collaborative have saved an estimated 8,043 lives and $577 million in one year, according to an analysis from Premier.
In this video from the Center for American Progress, Karen Davenport explains what it means to modernize the healthcare system and how doing so could save $550 billion over 10 years.
A new poll shows that a majority of Americans favor access to a public option for those who are unable to get healthcare coverage from an employer.
A professional nurses organization announced Thursday that they would like to be included in the ongoing debate over healthcare reform.
This video from the Center for American Progress illustrates the concept of the health insurance exchange.
The market for medical automation technology is forecast to grow from $13.1 billion this year to $23.2 billion in 2014, according to BCC Research.
Current methods used to estimate the costs of federal health initiatives may not capture the full impact of steps to prevent and manage chronic disease, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in late July that acute care hospitals would receive a 2.1 percent inflation update in their payment rates in fiscal year 2010.