Sponges, towels, medical instruments and other objects mistakenly left inside patients after surgery have caused 16 deaths since 2005, the Joint Commission reported in a new sentinel alert warning hospitals and surgery centers to address the problem....
After a month of intense political jockeying, President Barack Obama signed a measure to end the weeks-long government shutdown and raise the nation's debt ceiling....
U.S. Senate leaders have agreed on a deal acceptable to the White House to end the government shutdown and temporarily raise the nation's debt ceiling, with almost all healthcare provisions stripped out. The deal would fund the government at current levels through Jan. 15, continuing the budget......
A few states running their own insurance exchanges are touting high levels of interest from young people, a demographic group widely viewed as the linchpin of the healthcare reform law's success....
Americans submitting their applications for Medicaid through the federal government's online insurance marketplace in 36 states may want to contact their state Medicaid agencies for faster results....
With less than two days before the country will reach its borrowing limit, Congress remained stalled on how to reopen the government and raise the nation's debt ceiling, with provisions of the healthcare reform law still a sticking point in the negotiations....
Russell Branzell, the new president and CEO of the CHIME, describes the difficulties CIOs will face in 2014 during an interview with Modern Healthcare editor Merrill Goozner.
Some observers have blamed the federal government's prime contractor, CGI Federal, for the severe glitches that have blocked many Americans from signing up for health coverage through the new federal... FULL STORY »
By Maureen McKinney | October 17, 2013
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After months spent preparing and training to help people sign up for health coverage, federally funded navigators have found themselves contending with a glitch-ridden federal marketplace website... FULL STORY »
Sponges, towels, medical instruments and other objects mistakenly left inside patients after surgery have caused 16 deaths since 2005, the Joint Commission reported in a new sentinel alert warning... FULL STORY »
After a month of intense political jockeying, President Barack Obama signed a measure to end the weeks-long government shutdown and raise the nation's debt ceiling. FULL STORY »
A new study of health plan choice in Massachusetts found major shifts in its health insurance market after the state set new rules that limit consumer options. FULL STORY »
U.S. Senate leaders have agreed on a deal acceptable to the White House to end the government shutdown and temporarily raise the nation's debt ceiling, with almost all healthcare provisions stripped... FULL STORY »
Medical groups with 100 physicians or more were given an extra three days to register for the CMS Physician Quality Reporting System, formerly known as the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative. FULL STORY »
By Steven Ross Johnson | October 15, 2013
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Americans submitting their applications for Medicaid through the federal government's online insurance marketplace in 36 states may want to contact their state Medicaid agencies for faster results. FULL STORY »
With less than two days before the country will reach its borrowing limit, Congress remained stalled on how to reopen the government and raise the nation's debt ceiling, with provisions of the... FULL STORY »
It's not easy to start a movement, but a new group of physicians and healthcare researchers are hoping to do so. They are looking to the Institute of Medicine to bolster their efforts to reduce... FULL STORY »
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