3:15 p.m., Wed. - Senate Democrats said they have agreed to a plan that would break Republican-led efforts to delay votes on a sweeping $848 billion measure to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, but declined to share the blueprint with reporters. ... FULL STORY
6:00 p.m., Wed. - Hospira, a Lake Forest, Ill.-based pharmaceutical- and medication-delivery company, said it has acquired TheraDoc, a clinical informatics company in Salt Lake City that... ... FULL STORY
Proposed rules on the meaningful use of electronic health records will be made public by the end of the year or perhaps sooner, said David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information... ... FULL STORY
The bills that seem to be in play at this time give great “unprecedented” federal government power to vast enhanced bureaucracies whose rules can only enhance the status quo of the... ... FULL STORY
The government, the media and insurance companies keep telling hospitals and doctors that they over-order and over-prescribe, and that is one big factor in the ever-upward march of healthcare costs. ... FULL STORY
There is a critical issue that hospitals are having with these contractors. The organizations that are selected by the government for Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program and the Medicaid... ... FULL STORY
As the nation looks to transform healthcare from delivering too much care to consistently delivering higher quality, high-value care, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina isn't waiting for a healthcare reform law.
This is the fourth installment for 2009 of the Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Opinion Leaders Survey. More survey results can be found at the Commonwealth Fund's Web site, commonwealthfund.org.
With so much attention being given to healthcare reform—which unfortunately seems to have morphed into health insurance reform—it's essential to remember the importance of reforming...
Just as in 1993, when the architects of health reform initially took Medicare for granted and then scrambled to address beneficiaries' concerns, Washington finds itself caught up in the fog of...
In its 44-year history, Medicare has been effective at providing access to medical care and predictable coverage for its beneficiaries. Now it’s time for the federal program to use its...
Modern Healthcare is tracking the state and national proposals to expand access to health benefits for the uninsured and underinsured. This section on Modern Healthcare Online will be updated with each new proposal. Submit comments on any or all of the proposals to mheditorial@modernhealthcare.com.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) raised the curtain on a 10-year $849 billion health overhaul package that melds components of two separate Senate bills that collectively have driven a...
Modern Healthcare's fall 2009 CEO roundtable examines the many forces reshaping outpatient-care services. Participating in the discussion were Marty Bonick, above left, president and CEO of Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky.; Michele Molden, president and CEO of the Piedmont Heart Institute in Atlanta; and Randy Oostra, CEO of ProMedica Health System based in Toledo, Ohio. The entire discussion is available on video or in a complete transcript.