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By Matthew DoBias
November 20, 2009
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), a moderate Democrat who has been critical of how his party has handled health reform efforts, said that he would vote to advance a bill during a crucial weekend test vote. ... FULL STORY
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By Jessica Zigmond
November 20, 2009
Although average flu activity in the U.S. has declined slightly in the past week, the level of flu activity remains higher than normal for this time of year, said a top official for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. ... FULL STORY
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By Shawn Rhea
November 20, 2009
For the second time this week, a group of medical experts is recommending a reduction in the frequency of health screenings for women. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued new cervical-cancer screening guidelines advising women to wait until they are 21 to have their first Pap smear. ... FULL STORY
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By the Associated Press
November 20, 2009
A prominent New Jersey hospital has tightened ethics rules after its role in a scandal.Among the changes approved for Hackensack University Medical Center is that board members will no longer be allowed to do business with the hospital.The board includes some of the state's most powerful contractors and business people.The changes came as a result of a recommendations made by outside experts commissioned after the scandal tainted the hospital. ... FULL STORY
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By Jennifer Lubell
November 19, 2009
The House voted 243-183 to approve legislation that seeks to reform the way Medicare pays physicians, aiming to prevent a scheduled 21.2% rate decrease set to take effect next year. ... FULL STORY
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By Jennifer Lubell
November 19, 2009
House Republicans plan to offer an alternative to the Democrat-sponsored bill to reform Medicare's physician payment formula, claiming their approach solves the problem in a “fiscally responsible way.” ... FULL STORY
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By Joe Carlson
November 19, 2009
A federal judge has declined to prevent HCA from implementing a flu-vaccine policy in five hospitals in Northern California despite anecdotal evidence presented by a workers' union that the policy was exposing workers to negative public attention. ... FULL STORY
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By Gregg Blesch
November 19, 2009
The U.S. Justice Department tallied $1.6 billion in False Claims Act settlements and judgments involving healthcare in fiscal 2009, accounting for two-thirds of the government's total haul of $2.4 billion last year under the fraud-fighting statute. ... FULL STORY
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By the Associated Press
November 19, 2009
The former chairman of McKesson Corp. and former CEO of HBO & Co., Charles McCall, has been convicted of securities fraud after a retrial of a $9 billion accounting scandal case dating back a decade. ... FULL STORY
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By Shawn Rhea
November 19, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration has issued 22 warning letters to operators of international Internet pharmacies for the sale of misbranded or unapproved drugs to U.S. consumers, according to a news release. ... FULL STORY
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By Rebecca Vesely
November 19, 2009
Aetna is eliminating 625 jobs immediately and expects to lay off a similar number of workers in early 2010, the Hartford, Conn.-based insurer announced. ... FULL STORY
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By Rebecca Vesely
November 19, 2009
A plan to reopen a South Los Angeles hospital took a step forward as the University of California regents voted unanimously to partner with Los Angeles County to run the facility. ... FULL STORY
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By Jean DerGurahian
November 19, 2009
Competition from ambulatory surgery centers is increasing the pressure on safety net hospitals and healthcare costs in Pennsylvania, according to the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. ... FULL STORY
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By Associated Press
November 19, 2009
The former chairman of McKesson Corp. and former CEO of HBO & Co., Charles McCall, has been convicted of securities fraud after a retrial of a $9 billion accounting scandal case dating back a decade. ... FULL STORY
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By Matthew DoBias
November 18, 2009
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) raised the curtain on a 10-year $849 billion health overhaul package that melds components of two separate Senate bills that collectively have driven a wedge between Democrat and Republican lawmakers. ... FULL STORY
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By Melanie Evans
November 18, 2009
Consumer prices for hospital services climbed 0.3% in October compared with the prior month's 0.7% growth, the seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. Last month's more modest gain is comparable to the 0.4% bump in October 2008. For the 12-month period ended in October, the hospital index increased 6.9% compared with 6.5% for the prior year. ... FULL STORY
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By Rebecca Vesely
November 18, 2009
Employers' health benefit costs rose by 5.5% this year, the lowest increase in a decade, according to an annual survey by Mercer, a consulting group. The average per-employee cost of health benefits reached $8,945 in 2009, after four years of increases of just over 6%. Benefit costs continued to outpace inflation, Mercer said. ... FULL STORY
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By Rebecca Vesely
November 18, 2009
The Government Accountability Office identified six flaws in how the Defense Department awarded a lucrative military health benefits contract to Aetna over Health Net, according to released GAO report. ... FULL STORY
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By Vince Galloro
November 18, 2009
HCA, Nashville, said it has hired Joseph Sowell as chief development officer and senior vice president. Sowell, 53, is a senior partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, a Nashville law firm with connections to several of the investor-owned hospital companies based in the area. ... FULL STORY
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By Jennifer Lubell
November 18, 2009
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) appears confident that the chamber will approve legislation to revise Medicare's physician payment formula this week.“I think we've got 218 votes,” the simple majority in the House needed to pass the legislation, Clyburn said in an interview, although he did not specify the exact number of members on board the bill. A vote is tentatively scheduled for Thursday. ... FULL STORY
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By Jean DerGurahian
November 18, 2009
Hospitals in Canada did not see significant improvements on their cardiac-care processes through the use of publicly reported data, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. ... FULL STORY
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By Melanie Evans
November 18, 2009
The U.S. Justice Department settled one whistle-blower lawsuit alleging abuse of Medicare's outlier program by a New Jersey hospital and joined another against a hospital in New York. ... FULL STORY
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By Joe Carlson
November 18, 2009
Trinity Regional Health System, Rock Island, Ill., has appointed Tom Tibbitts interim CEO of the three-hospital system following the immediate departure of President and CEO Andrea Coleman. ... FULL STORY
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By Matthew DoBias
November 18, 2009
A sweeping Senate bill to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system will cost roughly $849 billion over the next decade and cover 94% of Americans, according to a senior aide to Senate leaders. ... FULL STORY
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By Matthew DoBias
November 18, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden spent most of the morning and early afternoon on Capitol Hill, pressing Democrats to support a sweeping health reform package expected to be officially unveiled Thursday. ... FULL STORY
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