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03.19.2012		Public Disclosure of Surgical Infection Rates Varies Widely Across States Less than half of all U.S. states require hospitals to make data on surgical infections public, and in states where disclosure is mandated, the information is often not easily accessible to patients who could use it to make decisions about their healthcare...

02.17.2012		Budget Proposal Analysis: Home Health Copays Could Hurt Low-Income Patients President Barack Obama rolled out a proposed budget Feb. 13 for the upcoming fiscal year that would slash federal spending on healthcare programs by about $360 billion over the next decade, including $320 billion in Medicare and Medicaid cuts, as well as...

01.13.2012		86% of Medical Errors Go Unreported, as Hospital Costs Soar A troubling number of medical errors slip through the cracks at hospitals, and facilities don’t often change hospital policies when errors are detected, according to a new report released Jan. 5 by the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S...

12.16.2011		Drug Shortages Hit All-Time High, Prompt Government Action The number of drug shortages in the United States has grown substantially since 2006 and hit an all-time high in 2011, posing a risk to patients who rely on live-saving drugs for medical procedures and treatment. That’s according to a new report...

10.24.2011		Targeted for Quality, Hospital Infections Are on the Decline Four common infections most often acquired in hospitals and other healthcare facilities declined in 2010, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC data, published Oct. 19, found that there was a 33...

10.17.2011		Drop in Trauma Centers Means Less Access for Poor, Minorities A growing number of hospitals are shutting down expensive trauma centers, a trend that is leaving many African Americans, low-income individuals and residents in rural areas without convenient access to potentially life-saving crisis care, according to a new...

10.13.2011		AMA Recommends Payment Revisions for 'Team Based' Care Coordination Last week the American Medical Association made a formal request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, recommending that the federal insurance body implement new and revised medical codes for a number of care coordination services that are...

09.27.2011		Health Premiums Rise 9%, Outpace Wage Increases The cost of health insurance premiums in the United States rose sharply this year compared to previous years, outpacing the rate of inflation and growth in workers’ wages and fueling the attitude that medical costs are rising at an unsustainable...

09.09.2011		Study: High Doc Fees Contribute to Increased Healthcare Spending U.S. physicians are paid more per service than doctors in other countries, making doctor fees one of the contributing drivers of higher healthcare spending in the United States, argues a new study that appears in the September issue of Health Affairs...

08.01.2011		Birth Control, 7 Other Services Will Be Free in '12 New federal regulations issued August 1 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will ensure that women with health insurance receive certain preventive health services at no additional cost. All health insurance plans beginning on or...

07.27.2011		Drug Shortages Abound, Threaten Patient Safety Increasing drug shortages around the country are causing delays in medical treatments for patients and making it more difficult for health professionals to provide quality care. A July study by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists found...

07.20.2011		Report: Birth Control Should Be Among Free Preventive Services for Women A report by the Institute of Medicine is recommending that insurance companies provide eight new preventive services to women at no cost – including free birth control – as part of new free benefits available to patients under the federal...

06.28.2011		Bill Would Expand Home Health Referral Powers to NPs, PAs Seniors would have faster access to home health services if a new bipartisan bill that allows nurses and physicians’ assistants to approve these services for Medicare patients is passed by Congress. Current Medicare regulations recognize nurse...

06.24.2011		Democrats, Republicans Still at Odds Over Medicaid Reform Members of the U.S. Senate continued the debate on how to sustain the nation’s entitlement programs, including Medicaid, at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday. The public hearing was the fourth in a series that examined options for...

06.21.2011		Prevention Takes Center Stage, With Chronic Disease Its Target The federal government rolled out its first-ever National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy on June 16, aimed at promoting healthy habits and curbing health problems like heart disease, diabetes and cancer. The 122-page plan was commissioned by...

06.01.2011		Poll: Many Americans Opposed To Medicare, Medicaid Overhaul A new national poll released Wednesday shows that a majority of Americans oppose the controversial Republican budget plan to overhaul public health programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Most American voters also oppose efforts to repeal the Patient Protection...

05.31.2011		Eased Access Coming For Those With Pre-existing Conditions Americans with pre-existing conditions will be able to more easily enroll in health insurance and some will pay less in premiums after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new regulations on May 31. Beginning this fall, HHS...

05.26.2011		Groundbreaking Legislation Sets Stage for Single-Payer System Vermont became the first state in the country to lay the groundwork for a publicly funded “single-payer” health system when Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, signed a law Thursday to authorize the plan. If the plan...

05.26.2011		Assessing 3 New Regulations for ACOs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week rolled out three new initiatives provided under the Affordable Care Act that will help doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers improve care for Medicare patients by becoming accountable care...

05.26.2011		Looming Hospice Bill Would Create Payment Restructuring The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would be required to test and evaluate a new payment system for reimbursing hospice services across the country if a new bill passes in Congress. The Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act, or S...

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