HealthLeadersMedia.com | November 10 - Cuts in Medicare reimbursements can significantly reduce unnecessary care, according to a study conducted by university researchers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Study authors from the University of Michigan, University of Florida and University of Texas Medical Branch in...
AuntMinnie.com | November 9 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released the results of its investigation into a series of radiation overdose incidents in CT brain perfusion exams. The agency said that, most likely, the incidents were not due to scanner malfunction,...
HealthLeadersMedia.com | November 8 - The Massachusetts Hospital Association unabashedly announced this month that it will no longer hire tobacco users, sending a very public get-tough message that it hopes will resonate with other employers looking to reduce healthcare costs.
MHA President/CEO Lynn Nicholas says the trade...
AdvanceWeb.com | October 29 - Like most telephone calls that come in the middle of the night, the one that woke Dr. Javad Jamshidi, MD, alerted him of disaster.
Luckily, no one was hurt or in danger. Unfortunately the call, which he received on an early Sunday...
The Los Angeles Times | November 3 - The Obama administration Tuesday approved a $10-billion plan to help California modernize its Medicaid health insurance program, pushing the state to the forefront of the national effort to implement the new healthcare law.
The administration's much-anticipated decision to...
