The country’s largest nurses union Friday afternoon pushed for a tax of Wall Street profits before a crowd of thousands in downtown Chicago at a protest aimed at the ongoing NATO summit....
In California, a land renowned for upheaval, the ground has shifted once again under federal and state efforts to promote health information exchange. FULL STORY »
Michigan and Nevada on Friday became the latest states to receive Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan, or CO-OP, loans from the CMS, bringing the award total to more than $982 million for these... FULL STORY »
In his first major public speech as head of the Justice Department's civil division, Stuart Delery told an audience of corporate attorneys in San Francisco that fighting healthcare fraud must include... FULL STORY »
The Wyoming Board of Medicine is doing the best job at disciplining doctors and the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners is doing the worst, according to the Public Citizen Health Research Group... FULL STORY »
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said the U.S. will become the first country in the world to dedicate a portion of the wireless communications spectrum to Medical Body... FULL STORY »
Driven in part by the Florida Board of Medicine, state medical boards' disciplinary actions against physicians increased 6.8% in 2011, according to the FULL STORY »
Rates of obesity, tobacco use and other health-risk indicators are higher among people with lower income and less education, according to a report. FULL STORY »
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is reorganizing, creating an Office of the Chief Medical Officer to better address physician affairs. FULL STORY »
The American Medical Association's profits and membership both grew in 2011, by about 3.35% and 1% respectively, according to the association's annual report. FULL STORY »
Catholic Health Initiatives will acquire a minority stake in Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s Conifer Health Solutions, while Conifer will provide revenue-cycle services to 56 CHI hospitals, the parties... FULL STORY »
In new guidance, HHS informed states how the agency will work to implement a federally facilitated insurance exchange and also how states can partner with HHS to execute certain functions of a... FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare presents its annual look at key industry trends affecting the healthcare workforce. This year's report focuses on issues involving the very front end of healthcare delivery: medical transportation, specifically the people who make up our nation's emergency medical services system. Who are the people staffing our ambulances and being the first to respond to medical emergencies, by land and by air, and how are their roles changing?
