Kaisernetwork.org – Dec. 15, 2008. As President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders craft an economic stimulus package, “a parade of interest groups is seeking shares of the portion that will go to infrastructure construction projects,” including some in the health care sector, the Boston Globe reports. An adviser to Obama said that spending priorities […]

Kaisernetwork.org – Dec. 15, 2008. The Hospital and HealthSystem Association of Pennsylvania on Thursday filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth Court alleging that the administration of Gov. Ed Rendell (D) has violated the state constitution by not providing funding for a program that helps subsidize medical malpractice insurance costs for doctors, the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s “From the […]

Kaisernetwork.org – Dec. 15, 2008. Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, examines expected health care inclusions in an economic stimulus package, the nomination of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as HHS secretary, and Sen. Max Baucus’ (D-Mont.) health care overhaul legislation in this week’s “Health on the Hill from kaisernetwork.org and […]

AMA News headlines – Dec. 15, 2008. The agency is seeking comments on which physicians should forego Medicare pay under the policy and what related complications might qualify as errors. Read Full Article

AMA News headlines – Dec. 15, 2008. Despite the setback, states are anticipating changes under the new administration that would allow health coverage expansions to continue. Read Full Article

HFMA News – Dec. 15, 2008. At the request of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM) has prepared a report titled HHS in the 21st Century assessing whether the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is ?ideally organized? to meet […]

HFMA News – Dec. 12, 2008. As expected, President-elect Barack Obama made official his nomination of former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as Secretary of Health & Human Services on Thursday, Dec. 11. He also named Daschle as director of a new White House Office on Health Care Reform. Dr. Jeanne Lambrew, who authored a book […]