Several Republican governors are rejecting federal grants to their states from the healthcare reform law, according to a report by Politico.
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Some political strategists think a big Republican victory in the November elections would fulfill physicians' quest for a longer-term fix of the 23 percent reduction in Medicare pay, due to go into effect on Dec. 1, according to a report…
Young adults ages 19 to 29 would make up about 30 percent of the 32 million expected to gain coverage under the healthcare reform law, according to a study by the Commonwealth Fund.
Rand Paul, MD, ophthalmologist and Republican Senate candidate in Kentucky, suggested wealthier people should pay more for Medicare coverage but disowned the idea of a $2,000 Medicare deductible, according to a report by the Associated Press.
A cardiologist who chairs Havasu (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center's quality management committee, will pay the federal government $395,000 to resolve claims that his practice submitted false bills to Medicare, according to a report by AZCentral.com.
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The Obama administration has given one-year waivers from new rules in the healthcare reform law to about 30 insurance plans, including McDonald's, which had previously threatened to shut down its coverage, according to a report by the New York Times.
Rand Paul, MD, the GOP candidate for the U.S. Senator from Kentucky, said Medicaid costs need to be cut back or there will be "intergenerational warfare" because he says it will be younger Americans who have to foot the bill,…
Navigant has announced that is has acquired EthosPartners Healthcare Management Group, a national healthcare consulting firm, for $37 million, according to a Navigant news release.
The Office of Inspector General has released its Work Plan, which outlines what activities that will be started or continued with respect to programs and operations under the Department of Health & Human Services in fiscal year 2011, according to…
The Physicians Care Surgical Hospital will be the last physician-owned hospital to open in Pennsylvania and one of the last in the country, according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.