May 24 Political Debate Over Accountable Care Organizations Heats Up By Betty Ann Bowser Ever since the federal government rolled out its proposed rules for setting up Accountable Care Organizations in March, it's been one piece of bad news after another for the Obama administration. Now comes another blow on the political… Continue reading
May 23 Watch Pakistani Program Offers Affordable Health Insurance to Help Urban Poor Combating Poverty in Pakistan by Offering Health Insurance… Continue watching
May 23 How to Improve Medical Care? Doctors' Group Counts the Ways A MRI of a spine is shown above. Spinal imaging is part of the National Physcians Alliance recommendations. Photo by Flickr user Cory Doctorow. It might not be "Late Show" material, but the National Physicians Alliance is hoping its… Continue reading
May 23 Audit Finds Widespread Use Of Anti-Psychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes As the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Daniel Levinson is the person at the federal government who's in charge of protecting the integrity of programs like Medicare and Medicaid. That… Continue reading
May 20 Top Five Global Health Stories: Docters in Bahrain Report Abuse, Paralyzed Man Stands By Talea Miller Bahrain doctors treat protestors in February. AFP/Getty photo. Doctors Detained in Bahrain Report Abuse More than 100 medical workers have been targeted and detained by Bahrain's government in recent months for their role in aiding protestors, say human… Continue reading
May 19 Study: Electrical Stimulation in Spine Helps Paraplegic Man Stand Again By Talea Miller For the first time, a man completely paralyzed from the chest down regained the ability to take several steps with support and stand on his own thanks to electric stimulation to his spinal cord, new research published in the Lancet… Continue reading
May 19 Top 5 Health Reform Headlines: ER Shutdowns on the Rise; New Security Questions for EMRs Here's a roundup of what's been happening in health reform this week: Aggressive Defense of Health Care Law The federal government sharpened its defense of the health care law this week in a reply brief filed in the 11th… Continue reading
May 19 Health Reform Pop Quiz! By Sarah Clune Can you tell the difference between the Massachusetts health reform law and the Affordable Care Act? A quiz from Politifact.com tests your knowledge of two major health reform policies: the 2006 plan passed by the… Continue reading
May 19 HHS Steps Up Efforts to Curb Health Insurance Premium Hikes The Department of Health and Human Services finalized regulations Thursday that will require insurance companies to disclose and justify rate increases above 10 percent. Public outcry has been growing over premium hikes, most visibly in California, where Blue… Continue reading
May 19 Rep. Giffords Recovering 'Really Well,' Husband Mark Kelly Says from Space EmbedVideo(605, 482, 304); Full Video and Transcript Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is recovering well after a piece of her skull was repaired during surgery in Houston on Wednesday, reports her husband Mark Kelly, in an interview Thursday morning from… Continue reading