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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced $4.3 billion in funding to states to help them offset the cost of Medicare coverage for prescription drugs for state residents eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, according to an HHS news release.
President Obama has released his proposal for a health reform bill, which he will carry into a televised meeting on health reform with Democrat and Republican Congressional leaders on Thursday.
WellPoint explained why it wants to increase rates as much as 39 percent for individual insurance at its California subsidiary, Anthem Blue Cross, in a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The chief impetus of Medicare spending from 1987-2006 moved from inpatient hospital services to outpatient treatment of chronic conditions, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
A federal workgroup has shown interest in giving hospitals and physicians greater flexibility in meeting CMS' proposed rule on meaningful use standards to qualify for electronic health record incentive payments, according to a report by AHA News Now.
Here are 10 statistics and facts about joint replacement from a comprehensive CDC report titled, "Health, United States, 2009," under the section, "Special Feature, Medical Technology."
Researchers from the Canary Islands have developed a computerized system to regulate the level of anesthesia given during surgical operations.
More than 3 million people enrolled in Medicaid in the year ended in June 2009, pushing enrollment to a record 46.8 million, according to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation and cited in a Washington Post story.
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