The New York Times | December 11 - UNEQUAL access to health care is hardly a new phenomenon in the United States, but the country is moving toward rationing on a scale that is unprecedented here. Wealthy people will always be able to buy most...
Diagnostic Imaging | December 10 - Self-referral of imaging services by non-radiologists doesn’t necessarily benefit patients, and can lead to overuse and increased spending. Those are the conclusions of a series of studies published this week in the December issue of Health Affairs.
The findings bolster the arguments against...
AuntMinnie.com | December 9 - After a period of rapid increases in the first half of the decade, growth in diagnostic imaging utilization finally appears to be slowing in the U.S., according to a survey of Medicare databases that was presented at last week's 2010 RSNA...
ModernHealthcare.com | December 9 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted 409 to 2 to pass legislation that extends a Medicare payment fix to physicians through 2011.
On Wednesday, the Senate passed identical legislation in its Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010, which was then included as...
The Wall Street Journal | November 22 - Huge budget shortfalls are prompting a handful of states to begin discussing a once-unthinkable scenario: dropping out of the Medicaid insurance program for the poor.
Elected and appointed officials in nearly a half-dozen states, including Washington, Texas and South...
