May 06 Top 5 Headlines in Health Reform Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) speaks to reporters on Thursday at an event hosted by Health Affairs Here's a roundup of what's been happening in health reform this week: MEDICARE OVERHAUL:… Continue reading
May 06 New Plan Aims to Shift How Hospitals Are Paid for Medicare Patients By Betty Ann Bowser The federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is finalizing a new reimbursement plan that will determine how hospitals get paid to take care of Medicare patients. The proposed rule calls for something called "value based purchasing," which… Continue reading
May 05 Watch Philadelphia ‘Health for Sale’ Exhibit Retraces Medicinal History in Vintage Ads The Philadelphia Museum of Art is featuring an exhibit of vintage medical posters that advertise cures for all kinds of ailments. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the advertisements-turned-art. Continue watching
May 05 Top Global Health Headlines: Pakistan Aid After Bin Laden; Doctors Detained By Talea Miller Newsstand in Lahore on Tuesday. Photo by Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images Bin Laden Hideout Raises Pakistan Aid Questions The revelation that Osama bin Laden was living in a Pakistani city not far from Islamabad prior to his death has some… Continue reading
May 05 Q&A: Are Drug Shortages Multiplying? If you're a patient in the emergency room, or fighting a long battle with cancer, there's a chance your doctors may not have access to the best drugs to treat you because of rising prescription drug shortages. In… Continue reading
May 04 House Votes to Cut Funding for State Health Insurance Exchanges By Sarah Clune House Republicans advanced their latest bill to dismantle the new health care law, with a Tuesday night vote to defund state health insurance exchanges. And while it's unlikely to pass the Senate any time soon, it's part of a… Continue reading
May 04 China Tries to Kick the Public Smoking Habit By Talea Miller Smoker in Nanjing, China. Photo by Flickr user J. Unrau. When the NewsHour's global health team visited China last year for stories on tobacco, obesity and other health issues, they found a smoker's paradise and an anti-tobacco advocate's nightmare. Continue reading
May 03 Accountable Care Organizations in Health Reform Decoded By Betty Ann Bowser Anybody who's got more than one medical condition knows the drill. You go to the cardiologist with a heart problem. You go to the orthopedic surgeon if your back hurts. You find an oncologist if you need chemotherapy. They all… Continue reading
Apr 29 This Week in Health Reform No Easy Homecoming Republicans have spent much of their two-week congressional recess fending off questions from voters about their new budget proposal, which includes a revamping of the Medicare system. Wisconsin Republican Representative Paul Ryan is the architect… Continue reading