A desire among practitioners to weather the storm of health care reform (continuing to grow) has recently created a wide berth for alternative health care delivery models and alternate payment mechanisms and models. These include accountable care organizations (ACOs; alternative hospital-centric, integrated delivery models, integrated physician

Democrats’ unwillingness to accept major Medicare cuts will rank among top factors meriting blame if President Obama’s supercommittee fails to meet its November 23 deadline to cut the federal deficit, Republican supercommittee co-chairman Jeb Hensarling of Texas said Wednesday in a press briefing Wednesday.

A new report released by the Commonwealth Fund pegs the cost of health insurance as outpacing income growth in all 50 states.

Medicare spending on imaging continues to decline, with Medicare patients receiving fewer imaging procedures, according to an analysis of Medicare data released today by the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA).

Medicare spending on imaging continues to decline, with Medicare patients receiving fewer imaging procedures, according to an analysis of Medicare data, released today by the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), f

In a move it believes will simplify the process for all parties concerned, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the Medicare revalidation deadline for providers and suppliers to 2015.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the eHealth Initiative (eHI) have issued the "HIE Guide for CIOs." The Web-based guide is intended to assist CIOs in achieving Meaningful Use with health information exchanges (HIEs).

The Obama administration said Tuesday that it has, over the past year, eliminated $17.6 billion worth of improper payments by federal programs and introduced four new initiatives to prevent health care fraud.