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June 09, 2011 (3:08 PM)
CMS has pushed back the application deadline for the Pioneer accountable care organization (ACO) program from July 18 to Aug. 19. The agency also announced a new Medicare patient-centered medical home demonstration project that will award $42 million across three years to as many as 500 community health centers.
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June 09, 2011 (3:05 PM)
A three-judge panel at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Wednesday heard oral arguments and asked tough questions in the multistate lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health reform law and its individual mandate, the Washington Post reports.
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June 09, 2011 (3:17 PM)
As part of its “Best Doctors” issue, New York magazine included essays and photo slideshows that reveal several of the city’s top physicians at work.
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June 09, 2011 (3:04 PM)
Efforts to make buildings more energy efficient may actually be detrimental to the health of the people who live or work in them, according to a new Institute of Medicine report.
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June 09, 2011 (3:02 PM)
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June 09, 2011 (2:59 PM)
The Wall Street Journal this week highlighted how a handful of hospitals are curbing unnecessary readmissions using the discharge planning program, Project RED, which in some cases assigns patients a virtual advocate to explain follow-up treatments.
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June 09, 2011 (2:57 PM)
Five senators are calling on HHS' Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to investigate physician-owned distributorships (PODs) to determine whether they violate anti-kickback statutes or federal fraud and abuse laws, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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June 09, 2011 (3:12 PM)
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota
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June 09, 2011 (3:16 PM)
People whose diets include large amounts of omega-3 fatty acids have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a pair of studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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June 08, 2011 (1:44 PM)
Forty-seven health providers in Bahrain accused of attempting to overthrow the monarchy will be tried in a special security court this month, CNN reports.
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June 08, 2011 (1:42 PM)
Older men who are diagnosed with cancer and treated at Veterans Health Administration hospitals receive equal or better care than male Medicare beneficiaries treated in the private sector, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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June 08, 2011 (1:37 PM)
Alabama, California, Florida, Ohio, and South Carolina
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June 08, 2011 (1:36 PM)
Pfizer on Tuesday announced the launch of a study that is believed to be the first all-electronic, home-based clinical drug trial to receive FDA approval.
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June 08, 2011 (1:33 PM)
Blue Shield of California on Tuesday announced a plan to cap profits at 2% of revenue and allocate any excess funds as credits to policyholders, funding for health care providers, and grants to not-for-profit health care organizations, the Sacramento Bee reports.
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June 08, 2011 (1:31 PM)
Although the recent economic recession helped stem the growing shortage of nurses, nursing schools are struggling to keep up with the high demand expected in the next few years, the Washington Times reports.
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June 08, 2011 (1:29 PM)
Almost 70,000 U.S. residents die each year because they are not given optimal heart failure (HF) therapy, according to a recent study published in the American Heart Journal.
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June 08, 2011 (1:27 PM)
More hospitals are hiring "nocturnists"—a subspecialty dedicated to the overnight shift—to circumvent resident staffing constraints and prepare for performance-based Medicare payments, Kaiser Health News/Washington Post reports.
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June 08, 2011 (1:24 PM)
A recent Consumer Reports Health (CRH) analysis indicates that teaching hospitals and large, renowned medical centers do not consistently score well on certain patient safety measures.
