A recent study by Deloitte suggests that the government underestimated the amount U.S. consumers spent on healthcare goods and services by $363 billion, or 14.7 percent.
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The Vermont House of Representatives has passed a bill that creates the first steps toward a single-payor health system for the state, according to a report by the Brattleboro Reformer.
Mark Cipolle, MD, Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System's medical director of trauma and neurocritical care, has received a $130,000 research grant from the National Trauma Institute to study platelet transfusion in patients with brain hemorrhage, according to a health…
The Harry T. Mangurian, Jr., Foundation has awarded Mayo Clinic a $1 million gift, pledged over four years, to continue its work in studying Lewy body dementia, according to a hospital news release.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has provided information on radiation exposure and treatment and in the wake of the natural disasters in Japan.
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The healthcare reform law will worsen the supply of primary care physicians treating Medicaid patients because temporary increases in pay would not attract enough physicians to meet the huge expansion in Medicaid recipients, according to a study by the Center…
The National Conference of State Legislatures has launched an online database tracking state legislative actions around enacting the Affordable Care Act, according to an AHA News Now report.
While many states are trying to escape requirements of the healthcare reform law, several states are embracing the law and are moving beyond what it requires, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has requested an investigation of drug shortages in a letter to the Government Accountability Office, according to an ASA release.
Cleveland Clinic is one of four healthcare institutions taking part in an unprecedented collaboration with the City of Cleveland to address public health and offer wellness programs to the city, according to a Plain Dealer report. “Healthy Cleveland” includes the…