Federal legislators are pushing a ban on self-referral in radiation therapy in the wake of a U.S. Government Accountability Office report on the impact of physician financial incentives on prostate cancer treatments. FULL STORY »
Congress should think about clarifying the Food and Drug Administration's authority to oversee drug compounding, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report released on Wednesday. FULL STORY »
Greater proportions of not-for-profit and government hospitals than for-profit hospitals qualified for at least one category of Medicare payment adjustments last year, according to new findings from the Government Accountability Office. FULL STORY »
A new report from the Government Accountability Office provides 2013 health plan premiums in the individual market in all 50 states. It provides useful baseline information as insurers shift in 2014 to complying with the federal healthcare reform law's new rules governing the insurance market. FULL STORY »
Rogue Internet pharmacies dispense medications without prescriptions, sell drugs that are counterfeit, expired or improperly labeled, and violate a slew of other laws, a new Government Accountability Office report says. FULL STORY »
A lack of clear rules governing providers that perform advanced-imaging scans could undermine the federal goal of limiting Medicare patients' exposure to radiation. FULL STORY »
Congress' nonpartisan investigative arm reported that 91% of hospitals paid by Medicare receive some dispensation or add-on to the program's standard payment system. 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 »
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