Recently added articles from Healthcare Financial Management:
Reform bills await September votes; cost obstacles remain.(United States. Congress. House)
Sep 01, 2009 ... As competing healthcare reform bills wended their way through Congress in July, prospects for passage of legislation this year seemingly changed on a daily basis. When the U.S. House of Representatives left for its month-long recess on July 31, several key committee hurdles had been ...
One out of five.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009 ... ONE OUT OF FIVE: Uninsured persons accounted for nearly one-fifth of the 120 million hospital-based ...
CMS releases final rule for FY10 inpatient PPS.(United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)(Prospective payment systems)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009 ... The hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) final rule for FY10 issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 31 does not implement a 1.9 percent cut that figured prominently in the proposed rule issued by CMS in May. Instead, the final rule increases ...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published a comparative effectiveness report concluding that although radiofrequency catheter ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation helps maintain normal heart rhythm over a one-year period.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009 ... The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published a comparative effectiveness report concluding that although radiofrequency catheter ablation for the treatment of atrial ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule in the Aug. 6 Federal Register increasing Medicare payments for hospices by 1.4 percent in FY10.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009 ... The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule in the Aug. 6 Federal ...