HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that about 71 million Americans with private health insurance received coverage for at least one free preventive healthcare service in 2011 and 2012, because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Arlington-based Texas Health Resources plans to begin publishing quality and safety data for the public, demonstrating the healthcare industry's move to greater transparency and accountability, according to a Dallas Morning News report.
President Obama has signed into law the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013, according to an AHA News Now report.
Truman Medical Centers, a two-hospital system based Kansas City, Mo., is set to embark on an innovative community project to offer healthy food options, as it looks to open its own grocery store with a local partner.
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved Senate amendments to the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013, according to an AHA News Now report.
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Yesterday, CMS said President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has already made a sizable impact on the country's healthcare system through reduced spending and increased health outcomes.
From 2010 to 2011, inpatient admissions for substance use increased 19.5 percent and mental health admissions increased 5.9 percent, according to a Health Care Cost Institute report.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control will host a webinar in March to discuss opioid management in the emergency room, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists. http://asahq.org/For-Members/Advocacy/Washington-Alerts/CDC-Webinar-on-Challenges-in-the-Management-of-Opioid-Using-Patients.aspx The webinar, titled “Challenges…
At the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and others from her department met with individual governors who had not yet agreed to expand Medicaid in their states in an effort to woo them…
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, MD, will speak on behalf of his state's plan to lower Medicaid costs in front of his peers of both parties at a National Governors Association meeting in Washington, D.C.