Massachusetts has seen a $214 million increase in spending on imaging tests in just two years, contributing to the rise in cost of hospital care.
(Daily Report) Mar 11, 2010
Meanwhile, Florida considers state legislation aimed at Medicaid fraud.
(Daily Report) Mar 10, 2010
Medill Reports presents a story on community health centers in Chicago that are filling the access gaps for people too sick to get health care coverage or too poor to afford other care.
(Daily Report) Mar 10, 2010
Pharmacists in seven states are suing Cardinal Health over what they say are broken promises after they agreed to a new franchise agreement.
(Daily Report) Mar 10, 2010
Fewer than 200 people out of the 6,000 affected were actually helped by the settlement between California state regulators and health insurers that dropped sick policyholders.
(Daily Report) Mar 10, 2010
Connecticut, Texas and Arizona struggle with strapped budgets, possible cuts to health programs.
(Daily Report) Mar 09, 2010
Meanwhile, a study in Massachusetts examines the use of antipsychotic drugs in the state's nursing homes.
(Daily Report) Mar 08, 2010
Many states are having to make budgetary decisions about their public health care systems even as federal legislation and funding continues to be tied up in Congress.
(Daily Report) Mar 08, 2010
In other state news, Idaho looking for $42 million in Medicaid cuts, Michigan wrestles with a nursing shortage and Texas senior care facilities concerned that state will reduce Medicaid payments.
(Daily Report) Mar 05, 2010
A former senior executive at Catholic Charities in Washington has spoken out against the group's decision to eliminate health coverage for new spouses altogether in order to avoid offering the same benefits to same-sex couples.
(Daily Report) Mar 05, 2010