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The U.S. and Mexico signed a declaration adopting a set of technical guidelines outlining how information will be shared during public-health events and emergencies, according to an HHS news release.
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said that the Obama administration approved a plan to provide $628 million in incentives to the state's safety net hospitals to encourage investment in integrated care and alternative payment models.
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For those with insurance through an employer, the price of healthcare increased in 2010 even as the use of healthcare did not, a new report shows.
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The percentage of workers with employer-based health insurance coverage edged up briefly after the last recession but dropped during the first half of last year, according to a new Employee Benefit Research Institute report.
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Standard & Poor's said deteriorating finances at West Penn Allegheny Health System prompted a credit downgrade to B- from B+.
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Fatigue among medical residents is "prevalent, pervasive and variable," and accounts for increased risk of medical error, according to a report in the American Medical Association's Archives of Surgery journal.
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A task force advising the U.S. government on Monday recommended against routine use of the prostate-cancer screening test called PSA, or prostate specific antigen, for lack of a discernible health benefit.
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Do the bishops really think that Catholics even care about their lawsuits or their edicts on birth control? They need to take a good hard look at the empty pews and decide for themselves.
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Four days remain for submitting nominations for Modern Physician's 2012 Physician Entrepreneur of the Year awards program.
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A story in Monday's edition of the Daily Dose incorrectly named the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The president's name is Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
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When he entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination in May 2011, Newt Gingrich was the prosperous head of a small empire commonly known as Newt Inc., which included the Center for Health Transformation.
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The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on “Progress in Health Care Delivery: Innovations from the Field” at 10 a.m. ET Wednesday, May 23, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
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The federal government has released a final rule cementing many of the details of the health insurance premium tax credit. Mandated by the healthcare reform law, the credit applies to individuals and families who are enrolled in insurance exchanges and whose income is between 100% and 400% of the...
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Publicly traded dialysis company DaVita said it reached a $4.42 billion merger deal with California physician group HealthCare Partners.
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Catholic institutions across the country filed 12 federal lawsuits against HHS alleging the department's mandate over contraception coverage for employer-provided health plans violated their religious freedoms.
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It is time, once again, for my dispatch from the hallways of the Non-Profit Health Care Investor Conference in New York.
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Depending on the estimate, 4% to 12% of small businesses eligible for health insurance tax credits claimed them in 2010, according to a new report.
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Summer is coming to the Rockaway Peninsula in New York City, the thin strip of land lapped on either side by Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. And with the warmth will come the usual hordes who play and bask on its beaches and, inevitably, suffer heatstroke, volleyball sprains, beach glass...
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Stretchers that can transport 500-pound patients. Wheelchairs designed for people who weigh 700 pounds. Toilets made to support half a ton. Hospitals and clinics are preparing for a future in which almost half of the population will be obese.
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