VA hospitals are taking steps to upgrade the quality of care for the growing number of female veterans.
(Daily Report) Feb 04, 2010
Officials worry about questionable health insurance plans.
(Daily Report) Feb 03, 2010
The president has long championed comparative effectiveness research, saying it would provide crucial information to determine which regimen or drug should be used. But critics fear that could lead to an effort to cut costs and restrict patients' choices.
(Daily Report) Feb 02, 2010
Employers offering wellness and preventive health programs can sometimes run afoul of a new anti-discrimination law restricting their ability to ask workers about family medical histories, the Wall Street Journal reports.
(Daily Report) Feb 01, 2010
Health care experts examine discrepancies in health care payments and seek ways to reward efficient high quality, low cost hospitals.
(Daily Report) Jan 29, 2010
A new hospital is a key to plans to build a $1.2 billion academic medical center in the Mid-City neighborhood. Meanwhile, other states grapple with quality and coverage issues.
(Daily Report) Jan 28, 2010
Cost sharing and increased co-pays, even if it's just a few dollars, can lead seniors to put off visits to the doctor and result in increased hospital admissions and longer hospital stays, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds.
(Daily Report) Jan 28, 2010
USA Today reports that ratings by Medicare are based on inspections, complaint investigations and other data.
(Daily Report) Jan 28, 2010
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