Two former owners of a Los Angeles medical center are fined millions in a Medicare fraud case while a Mexican man is sentenced in a Texas fraud case.
(Daily Report) Jan 27, 2010
Caregivers of severely injured veterans and their families face emotional and financial pressures and difficulty accessing military medical care.
(Daily Report) Jan 27, 2010
Kaiser Health News presents a sampling of Tuesday's opinions and editorials from around America.
(Daily Report) Jan 26, 2010
Southcentral Foundation, owned and run by Alaska Natives, uses an integrated-care approach to health care: viewing physical, mental, social and spiritual wellness as interconnected.
(Daily Report) Jan 26, 2010
Review of Medicare data shows that some regional hospitals perform better than academic medical centers at preventing complications and infections that can lead to hospital deaths.
(Daily Report) Jan 26, 2010
Southcentral Foundation, owned and run by Alaska Natives, uses an integrated-care approach to health care: viewing physical, mental, social and spiritual wellness as interconnected.
(Story) Jan 26, 2010
The Associated Press/CNBC reports that New York Gov. David Paterson is "proposing new, tougher prohibitions on pharmaceutical companies, restricting them from dispensing gifts and misleading production information to doctors while promoting the use of specific drugs."
(Daily Report) Jan 25, 2010
Some doctors are already living in a post-health-reform world because of their own initiatives, including efforts to control costs and improve the quality of care.
(Daily Report) Jan 25, 2010
Military agrees to expedite study of whether thousands of veterans were improperly denied benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder.
(Daily Report) Jan 25, 2010
A study published this month finds doctors delay talking about end-of-life care until patients until treatments have been exhausted. That can keep patients from making informed decisions about their care.
(Daily Report) Jan 25, 2010