Defense Sec’y: Medicare, SS Funding Increases Should Be Considered in Wake of More Cuts in Pentagon Budget
The recent vote by Congress to end the debt ceiling debacle is…
Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: What are the Key Differences?
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) created major incentive…
Study: Hospital Discharge of Medicare Beneficiaries Increased Utilization Rates and Spending Post Discharge
An observational trial published in the latest issue of Annals shows that…
Debt Ceiling Deal Rattles Healthcare Delivery Prospects, Social Security and Medicaid Spared
The initial spin on the recently squared away budget deal preventing a…
Medicare Pays to Treat Heart Patients Who Smoke, but Doesn’t Help Them Quit
Cardiac patients who continue to smoke face a risk of death that…
Will Washington Prevent a Cure for Cancer?
The United States can rightly claim the title of medicine chest to…
Health Care Reform in 2 Short Sentences
Foes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) made a…
Can the Gang of Six Change the Way We Pay For Health Care?
A bipartisan group of senators is proposing to reduce the federal deficit…
Debt Ceiling Negotiations on Health Care are Mere Cost Shifting
The US definitely seems to have weakened itself in the international sphere…
Florida Proposing New Medicaid Fees
The state of Florida wants to impose $10 monthly premiums on Medicaid…