Every year, foreign companies and investors pour billions of dollars into U.S. investments. In 2000, with the dot-com bubble still filled with air, foreign direct investment in the U.S. was $335.6 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department’s...
Lawmakers expressed alarm over the results of a federal investigation that found that marketing materials for Medicare prescription drug plans generally fail to meet CMS guidelines. A report issued by HHS’ inspector general’s office found that 85%...
The improving outlook for the presidential candidacy of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) last week had some concerns about how high a priority healthcare reform would be for him should he win.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) last week publicly questioned the business operations of Michelle Obama’s employer, the University of Chicago Medical Center, and a second tax-exempt hospital, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in...
For not-for-profit hospitals without public support—a tax district or public university partner—news that Moody’s Investors Service will drop its separate rating scale for tax-exempt bonds may be no news at all.
As part of an effort to encourage broad adoption of rules governing relationships between physicians and medical-products companies, two medical organizations will launch Web pages detailing conflict-of-interest policies instituted by academic...
Hurricane Gustav offered the Gulf Coast healthcare industry what turned out to be a real-life drill to test newly improved disaster-relief tools, yet some providers warn that more federal capital is needed to boost a still-ailing healthcare system...
There are a dizzying number of information technology products targeting physicians and hospitals, and each day seems to bring more to the market. Some of them are created by frustrated physicians who want to find solutions that will help others...
If, as expected, the West Virginia Telehealth Alliance gets the go-ahead later this year to start buying fiber-optic lines with federal assistance, Jennifer Plymale will be one happy woman.
Every year, foreign companies and investors pour billions of dollars into U.S. investments. In 2000, with the dot-com bubble still filled with air, foreign direct investment in the U.S. was $335.6 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department’s...
FRANKFORT, Ky.—Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced a $112.4 million program to enroll more than 35,000 children in the Kentucky Children’s Health Insurance Program by fiscal 2010. The plan calls for steps to simplify the enrollment process,...
STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn.—Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Manchester, entered into exclusive talks to acquire 92-bed Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs, and its parent company, Johnson Memorial Corp., which also provides...
OKEMOS, Mich.—Sharon Williams was named the new chief executive officer for CareSource’s managed-care plan in Michigan. Williams most recently was vice president of government markets for Amerigroup Corp., in Virginia. She has spent most of...
Evidence-based medicine is being discussed more and more among healthcare leaders as hospitals, healthcare systems, managed-care companies, and other stakeholders strive to achieve meaningful improvements in quality and cost.
Why would an organization already challenged by the rollout of an electronic health record simultaneously get involved with a new regional health information organization? It might not, at least at first. EHR installations are daunting, and...
The National Forum for Latino Healthcare Executives named Michael Anaya Sr. to succeed Hank Hernandez as president and chairman of the board. Hernandez, 55, CEO of Las Palmas Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, stepped down in late August.
