A recent conference call reveals the extent to which a pipeline of valuable political insight exists between Capitol Hill and Wall Street, one that ordinary Americans and investors do not enjoy. FULL STORY »
The recession's drag on health spending didn't fully explain the recent record slow growth in health spending, say studies that aim to identify what, if anything, suggests the slowdown may last. FULL STORY »
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health researchers and the Commonwealth Fund are recommending a new Medicare option they say could reduce total health spending by $180 billion over 10 years. FULL STORY »
HHS' inspector general's office is launching an in-depth investigation into cases where Medicare hospice beneficiaries get inpatient care, following unusual billing patterns that surfaced during recent research on the $1.1 billion industry. FULL STORY »
The need for better communication—with research applicants, patients and practicing clinicians—was a frequent topic of discussion at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's board of governors meeting on Monday. FULL STORY »
By Lawrence Messina / Associated Press | May 05, 2013
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's decision to open Medicaid to more low-income West Virginians was reached neither quickly nor easily, administration officials say. FULL STORY »
California was an early booster of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law and was the first state to authorize a health insurance exchange in 2010. It also was quick to commit to the optional Medicaid expansion that has been rejected by some Republican states. FULL STORY »
The wide variation in states' spending to hire and train navigators and others to assist consumers in the first year of the new marketplaces could have a major impact on how many people actually get coverage under the new health law, experts say. FULL STORY »
By Beth J. Harpaz / Associated Press | May 04, 2013
Allison Guarino understands the controversy over new rules allowing 15-year-olds to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription. But as someone who teaches pregnancy prevention to ninth-graders in Boston, she thinks lowering the age will "help the girls who need the help the most." FULL STORY »
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press
| May 04, 2013
Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul because of cost overruns, state officials say. FULL STORY »
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