Diana Manos
WASHINGTON – Hospitals and healthcare organizations who think they have until May 23 to transition to the National Provider Identifier (NPI) on Medicare claims now have less time than they thoug...
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in October that it will conduct a home health pay-for-performance (P4P) demonstration that will be a precursor to a permanent...
Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) outlined her plan for universal healthcare at an Oct. 18 presidential forum on healthcare held by the Kaiser Family Foundation....
The House investigated yesterday the impact of proposed antitrust legislation that, if passed, could impact the way community pharmacies negotiate for drug pricing on the back end....
Sen. John McCain ( R-Ariz.) joined the ranks of presidential hopefuls on both sides of the aisle who are coming up to bat on what pollsters have determined is the nation's second most important domest...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Oct. that 11 it will conduct a home health pay-for-performance (P4P) demonstration that will be a precursor to a permanent nationwide ho...
Hospitals and healthcare organizations assuming they still have until May 23 to transition to using the National Provider Identifier (NPI) on Medicare claims now have less time than they thought....
Even as the House voted last night to approve a $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt defended the Bush...
Presidential hopeful and former Senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) said yesterday that mandated universal healthcare is the one issue he will not bend on when it comes to his healthcare platform....
WASHINGTON – A recent study released by the Government Accountability Office encourages the federal government to more closely watch spending under Medicare’s alternative HMO care plan, th...