Oregon health officials are concentrating on coordinating services and preventing hospital stays. New Jersey medical centers are rewarding doctors who can save money without jeopardizing patient care. And Massachusetts is
On TV it always seems clear and simple. A patient in the hospital goes into cardiac arrest and the medical team springs into action. After a few tense moments of
A new study finds that the Rochester, N.Y., area has the lowest overall Medicare spending rate in the nation, a feat health officials attribute to aggressive regional planning that keeps
“When we started this 18 months ago,” Tom Daschle told me, “we assumed that there could be a grand bargain.” The former Senate majority leader, a Democrat, laughed ruefully, as
Angie Jackson pays cash to see a doctor every six months for high blood pressure medication and otherwise is a “home remedy kind of gal.” She works full-time as a
How outrageous pricing and egregious profits are destroying our health care, By Steven Brill Monday
A small hospital in a coastal North Carolina community will close its doors within months and its parent company says Gov. Pat McCrory’s (R) decision not to expand Medicaid under
Lee Dorman gets a lot of phone calls from people who want to give him something. Recently, a man called saying he had a new Medicare card with Dorman’s name
Fed up with the high cost of health care, some companies are giving incentives to employees to travel cross the country to get the surgeries they need. Smaller companies like
Health insurance plans in Obamacare’s state exchanges will cost less than initially projected, according to a study released Thursday that the administration and its allies said is proof that the
