Barack Obama news and information

As healthcare providers and analysts continue to digest more than 1,400 pages of the CMS' recent inpatient prospective payment proposed rule, they are analyzing how the agency would implement a new payment methodology for Medicare disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) payments next year.
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If you're uninsured, getting on Medicaid clearly improves your mental health, but it doesn't seem to make much difference in physical conditions such as high blood pressure.
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While recent research showed small, rural hospitals registered worse mortality outcomes than their larger urban and suburban counterparts, they fare no worse than their larger counterparts on mortality following common, low-risk surgical procedures, such as appendectomy and knee replacement.
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The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it.
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday said implementing the health insurance exchanges “is still a big, complicated piece of business,” but that the federal government's revised—and significantly shorter—application form will make it easier for people to enroll.
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The White House, via first lady Michelle Obama, today unveiled a program to aid combat medics and other military personnel earn nursing licenses after they leave the armed services.
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A bipartisan Senate immigration bill could boost the nation's healthcare workforce in addition to expanding coverage to millions of newly legal residents.
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HCA, the Nashville-based hospital giant, is building its presence in the behavioral health space at a time when the field is poised to grow.
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Those awaiting the Obama administration's decision on whether to guarantee home-care workers at least the federal minimum wage and overtime pay could be in for a long summer.
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Six Republican senators have produced a 28-page white paper that is sharply critical of the Obama administration's handling of the federal health information technology programs under the 2009 stimulus law, saying they need to be “recalibrated to be effective.”
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