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Critics bash organ transplant pilot program over ethical concerns
Emergency physicians at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian Hospital and Allegheny General Hospital, also in Pittsburgh, have a green light to preserve organs from just two... Read more...
Feds seek oversight of insurers' rate increases
Zeroing in on public outrage about planned double-digit rate hikes by Anthem Blue Cross and other health insurers, the Obama administration wants the federal government to have the power to conduct... Read more...
Rise in Medicare Advantage premiums could draw political ire
No sooner did HHS portend that a recent slew of double-digt premium increases could be a sign of things to come, a new study shows that seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans... Read more...
Georgetown University professor is HHS' pick for chief privacy officer
Roughly one year after creating the position of chief privacy officer, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National for Health Information Technology found its fit. Joy Pritts,... Read more...
Increases in healthcare premiums may be here to stay
Several health insurance companies--most notably Anthem Blue Cross in California--are under fire with calls for justification of premium increases. Unfortunately for consumers, a report from the... Read more...
Individual mandate push resurfaces in wake of WellPoint rate hikes
The political ping-pong match over health reform received a jolt from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius earler this week when she questtioned Anthem Blue Cross's 39... Read more...
Sebelius demands Anthem explain its 'extraordinary' premium hikes
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wants Anthem Blue Cross to publicly explain why the insurer plans to raise premiums by up to 39 percent for its... Read more...
Hospitals to get help paying for Haiti survivors' treatment
U.S. hospitals will get some help providing care for critically ill survivors of the Haiti earthquake thanks to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) activation of additional... Read more...
Medicare, Medicaid are 2011 budget gorillas at HHS
Mandatory outlays for the Medicare and Medicaid programs far outweigh discretionary spending in President Barack Obama's proposed 2011 budget for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services... Read more...
MedPAC expresses desire for hospitals to receive a payment update
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) would like to see hospitals receive a payment update from Congress equivalent to the market basket index's rate of change for inpatient and... Read more...
