TweetModern Healthcare is reporting this morning on the results of a new report published by the Commonwealth Fund, which says that up to 13.7 million young adults who are currently without insurance could qualify for coverage under several provisions of … Continue reading
TweetThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the launching of a new initiative with the goal of more quickly identifying central-line-associated bloodstream payments in hospital patients. The initiative, sparked by the fact that roughly 250,000 patients in … Continue reading
Tweet Modern Healthcare is reporting that under a new rule issued by the CMS, Medicare inpatient payments to acute-care hospitals will decline by about $142 million – or 0.1% – during the 2011 fiscal year. The new rule addresses payments … Continue reading
TweetNot long before midnight Sunday night/Monday morning, after nearly a year of heated debate, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the healthcare reform bill, in a 219-212 vote, in which all the House Republicans and thirty-four Democrats voted against the … Continue reading