Amid looming shortages in healthcare workers, one branch of the federal government is ramping up aggressive efforts to keep some of them far away from patients. FULL STORY »
By Jonathan Block and Jessica Zigmond | May 18, 2013
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A bad week for HHS turned progressively worse as a maelstrom of controversies swirling around the Obama administration now threatens to distract federal officials from effectively implementing the 2010 healthcare overhaul. FULL STORY »
Raymond Fletcher returned from 2½ years of service in the Vietnam War as a U.S. Army helicopter medic in 1974 and started his post-military career working for Chase Manhattan. But he quickly realized that nursing offered the best chance to use his battleground experiences. FULL STORY »
With states bracing for rapid enrollment growth in their Medicaid programs, HHS’ inspector general’s office has given state-based fraud-control units more power to use sophisticated data-analysis tools to recover an estimated $60 million in the next decade. FULL STORY »
Republican lawmakers asked the GAO to investigate HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' fundraising efforts for a private organization to help implement the healthcare reform law. FULL STORY »
If HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was calling health execs seeking donations, she didn't ask some of the largest not-for-profit hospital systems or their national trade group. She didn't need to. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare staff | May 14, 2013
| Basic Web
Medical-device maker C.R. Bard Inc. agreed to pay $48.3 million to resolve allegations that the company illegally rewarded physicians and other customers for using its radiation seeds in the treatment of prostate cancer. FULL STORY »
GOP lawmakers are digging their teeth into the Obama administration's efforts to solicit help and donations for private groups working to enroll Americans in new coverage under the reform law. FULL STORY »
The ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Saturday said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may be violating federal law in her fundraising efforts to help implement the 2010 healthcare overhaul. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | May 11, 2013
| Print Magazine
Just ahead of Mother's Day, President Barack Obama spoke from the White House about the ways his signature healthcare law will help millions of American women and their families. FULL STORY »
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