President Obama may propose tougher Medicare payment changes in his speech today, such as strengthening the Independent Payment Advisory Board and speeding up some payment changes in the healthcare reform law, according to a report by the Hill.
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CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, blasted the Republican plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system and asked Americans to reconsider the increasingly unpopular healthcare reform law, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
The Wall Street Journal has extensively covered the case of a Portland, Ore., neurosurgeon alleged to be overperforming spine surgery. As a sidebar discussion, the WSJ has commented on the increased physician involvement in physician-owned distribution ROI device companies.
Eladur, an investigational transdermal drug patch for low back pain, did not meet goals in a double-blind study, according to a report by its maker, Durect. Eladur delivers for up to three days bupivacaine, an FDA-approved long-acting local anesthetic used…
In a relatively new trend, a small number of physicians are requiring patients to sign waivers that permit online discussion of their experience, but protect physicians from fictional or slanderous posts. With more than 30 websites dedicated to patient reviews,…
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Chris Koster, Missouri's Democratic attorney general, is joining the 26-state federal lawsuit to overturn the healthcare reform law's mandate for individuals to buy insurance, according to a report by The Hill.
Congress’ eleventh-hour budget deal for the last six months of FY 2011 targets two fairly minor measures in the healthcare reform law, according to a report by The Hill. The deal, reached Friday evening, just before the government would have…
CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, emphasized collaboration among hospitals, government and others as the key to improving the quality of care while reducing cost during a presentation at the American Hospital Association's annual meeting, according to an AHA News Now…
Democrats are hoping House Republicans' vote this week on a proposal to fundamentally change Medicare and Medicaid will come back to haunt them in the 2012 campaign, the New York Times reports.
Several notable anesthesiologists discussed the difference between sodium thiopental, a drug traditionally used in lethal injections, and a three-drug cocktail containing pentobarbital, according to a New York Times report.