HealthLeadersMedia | December 21 - Starting in 2011, health insurers would have to publicly disclose and justify premium rate increases of 10% or higher "to determine if the rate increase is unreasonable," under proposed federal regulations called for in the Affordable Care Act. The Department of Health...
HealthLeadersMedia.com | December 20 - Record spending on health information technology is greatly increasing the demand for experts in the field and tops a list of hot issues on the minds of healthcare leaders. That's according to a survey and report by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute,...
HealthLeadersMedia.com | December 17 - With a stroke of a pen, President Obama Wednesday signed the so-called 'Doc Fix' bill. The law delays by one year implementation of the sustainable growth rate formula, which sets the rates of Medicare reimbursements to physicians. Healthcare groups have publicly applauded...
HealthLeadersMedia | December 16 - President Obama Wednesday signed a bill that delays a dreaded 25% pay cut for physicians who treat Medicare and military patients, legislation that medical groups said was sorely needed to maintain access to quality care for seniors. "Without the action the President...
The Wall Street Journal | December 15 - The Justice Department said it would appeal a decision invalidating a core provision of the federal health-care overhaul, the next skirmish in a constitutional struggle likely to reach the Supreme Court before the 2012 presidential election. On Monday, a...