Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: What are the Key Differences?
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) created major incentive…
Study: Hospital Discharge of Medicare Beneficiaries Increased Utilization Rates and Spending Post Discharge
An observational trial published in the latest issue of Annals shows that…
Debt Ceiling Deal Rattles Healthcare Delivery Prospects, Social Security and Medicaid Spared
The initial spin on the recently squared away budget deal preventing a…
Florida Rejects Fed Appropriations for Creation of Healthcare Exchanges
Many states have already agreed to federal funds to kickstart the path…
HHS: Insurance Required to Offer Birth Control, Contraceptive Planning
The requirement that new insurance provisions and services under reform and HHS…
Is a Government Takeover of Health Care Underway?
The normally sage CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation, Drew Altman isn’t…
HHS Releases Announcements for Healthcare Cooperative Funding
As we move closer to 2014 — the real enaction of reform…
Vermont’s Bold Experiment: A Rebuttal
As commented on The Health Care BlogVermont's Bold Experiment As commented on…
Everything We Are Doing in Health Policy May Be Completely Wrong
A relatively obscure paper (gated) published in an academic journal the other…
Conservatives: The Utah Health Exchange is Not a Model
The Utah Health Exchange has gone from being a marginally interesting sideshow…