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FL leads nation in imaging
At least where Medicare beneficiaries were concerned, it appears that Floridians were the U.S. champs for medical imaging in 2006. A new report from the GAO found that for that year, Florida Medicare Read more...
House Dems request RAC program audit
Citing problems with its implementation--a fancy way of saying that many providers feel they've been unfairly hassled or even ripped off--two House leaders have asked the Government Accountability Read more...
GAO report recommends imaging cost controls
A new report from the Government Accountability office is recommending that CMS look at ways to control Medicare's fast-growing imaging costs. In its research, the agency found that Medicare spending Read more...
Serious nursing home quality problems still exist
According to new Congressional testimony by officials from the HHS inspector general's office, care at many nursing homes is actually dangerous to patients, despite ongoing efforts by CMS to identify Read more...
GAO: HSAs are largely tax shelter for wealthy
While health savings accounts have been touted as a way for people of modest means to control their healthcare spending, they're largely being used as tax shelters for prosperous families, according Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: FDA can't manage foreign drugmaker inspections
A new report from the Government Accountability Office has concluded that the FDA doesn't have the resources to properly inspect foreign companies that manufacture drugs or drug ingredients. At Read more...
CA hospital project cuts HAI rates
A group of San Francisco-area hospitals have managed to cut their rates of infection for two common hospital-associated conditions substantially over the last year and a half. The group, The Beacon Read more...
GAO says gov't needs to create HAI prevention standards
A new report from the Government Accountability Office suggests that the federal government should step up to the plate and set standards for hospitals to follow in preventing hospital-acquired Read more...
WellPoint, FDA collaborate on tracking drug safety
Now here's an interesting partnership--one that likely will generate some valuable results. WellPoint and the FDA have agreed to work together to create a real-time drug-surveillance system to look Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: To cut costs, more hospitals re-using devices
Increasingly, hospitals are recycling medical devices labeled as single-use, from scissors and scrubs to surgical blades. While this is legal--as long as certain FDA guidelines are followed in Read more...
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