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By Amanda McGrory |
February 10, 2012
As flu season is under way, hospitals and health care facilities should consider mandating that all of their employees receive influenza vaccinations, maintains the National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit organization that is focused on representing large employers' perspective on national health policy issues.
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By Carla K. Johnson |
October 5, 2011
These hospitals, mostly in the South, may be at higher risk of financial failure, too. That's because the nation's new health care law punishes bad care by withholding some money, says the lead author of the study published Wednesday in the journal Health Affairs.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
September 20, 2011
Health care savings in President Barack Obama's deficit-reduction plan would squeeze future Medicare recipients, cut payments to drug companies and hospitals, and shift costs to states.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
September 14, 2011
Betting that President Barack Obama's health care overhaul withstands lawsuits and a Republican repeal drive, an unusual alliance of industry, health care and consumer groups is laying the groundwork to sign up uninsured Americans.
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By Alan Fram |
August 18, 2011
Gridlock, as much as it's derided, may be the best outcome for the elderly, health care providers and poor people in this fall's fight over further deficit cuts.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
August 4, 2011
An obscure provision tucked into the federal health care law has turned into a jackpot for Massachusetts hospitals, but officials in other states are upset because the money will come from their hospitals.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
August 4, 2011
Hospitals in Massachusetts will reap an annual windfall of $275 million through a loophole enshrined in the new health care law. Hospitals in most other states will get less money as a result.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
August 2, 2011
When it comes to Medicare and Medicaid, the debt deal raises more questions than it answers.
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By Jenny Ivy |
September 2, 2010
Workers are paying nearly $4,000 this year for family health coverage
