Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill lauded former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle’s decision to accept President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to be HHS secretary. ... FULL STORY
Key lawmakers met to discuss a path that would lead to a broad healthcare-reform bill, though discussions over process and jurisdiction trumped talks on the actual substance of such a bill, according... ... FULL STORY
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has delivered stellar clinical and financial performance for many years and has been widely recognized as one of the premier pediatric healthcare institutions in the country, recently earning its sixth No. 1 ranking in US News & World Report’s annual...
This is the fourth installment for 2008 of the Commonwelath Fund/Modern Healthcare Opinion Leaders Survey. More survey results can be found at the Commonwealth Fund's web site, cmwf.org.
As the nation prepares to put a new tenant in the White House, healthcare experts are signaling that they favor an overhaul in the way healthcare providers are paid.
Since Medicare was founded in 1965, advances in medical research, education and training have helped increase the average American’s life expectancy by eight years to age 78. Yet while the practice...
Medicare must change how it pays healthcare providers. Medicare’s payment methods, some of which are followed by private insurers, reward increases in the volume and intensity of service without...
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@crain.com.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has released a white paper on a plan for healthcare reform that involves creation of a national insurance pool.
Earlier this fall, a group of four prominent healthcare leaders met to discuss labor issues facing the industry. The participants represented academia, administration, law and organized labor. The discussion is the latest in a periodic series of roundtables on industry trends hosted by Modern Healthcare.
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