Kaisernetwork.org – Dec. 17, 2008. The New Jersey Senate on Monday approved legislation that would require physicians at outpatient surgery centers to inform patients about how their services will be billed and whether the doctors have any financial interests in a referral to such centers, the Bergen Record reports. Under the bill — sponsored by […]

Kaisernetwork.org – Dec. 17, 2008. The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday released the “2009 Statistical Abstract of the United States,” which includes some data on health care, the New York Times reports. The report contains data from the Census Bureau and other sources. Most of the data “had been previously released, but not necessarily in […]

Kaisernetwork.org – Dec. 17, 2008. As part of its occasional series “The Evidence Gap,” the New York Times on Wednesday examined how Medicare coverage of certain treatments varies by location because CMS leaves “many reimbursement decisions to the discretion of 15 regional contractors around the country.” According to the Times, coverage disparities between states have […]