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News$1M worth of equipment, patient info missing from VA hospital
The lack of recording inventory may be to blame for missing medical equipment worth more than a $1 million that contained patient information at a Florida VA hospital. Among the list of expensive Read more...
GAO: More federal spending doesn't mean better care
Spending more federal money doesn't necessarily guarantee good care, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released yesterday. National health expenditures soared from 7 Read more...
Kids in Medicaid, CHIP have trouble accessing specialty care
Children covered by Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program experience a myriad of problems accessing care and obtaining services, a new report by the Government Accountability Office Read more...
When disaster strikes, will the U.S. healthcare community be ready?
News reports from Japan have been tragic and heartbreaking in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami disasters. The tension has been made even more overwhelming by the sudden threat of radiation Read more...
GAO: Many claim denials are reversed on appeal
The denial of an insurer claim isn't necessarily the end of the line for consumers and providers, as a new study by the Government Accountability Office concludes that nearly half of them are Read more...
GAO: Medicaid patients lacking preventive care
New research by the Government Accountability Office suggests that Medicaid beneficiaries aren't getting the level of preventive services they need, a problem that can't be helping these programs Read more...
Federal regulators to check safety levels of 'legacy devices'
In a move that seems like it's been decades in the making, federal regulators announced that they would be checking the safety levels of risky medical devices. The move was spurred by a report issued Read more...
Sens. ask GAO to find local best practices
Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have asked the Government Accountability Office to find best practices used by states and other countries, as well as individual hospitals, Read more...
FDA's medical approval process faces GAO scrutiny
The Government Accountability Office is scheduled to release a report next month on the FDA's medical device review process, but the facts that we have available to us already suggest that things are Read more...
Community benefit standards vary widely across non-profit hospitals
Non-profit hospitals continue to struggle with the issue of setting standards for providing community benefits, leading to wide variability in how they report such benefits, according to a new report Read more...
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