After 30 hours of debate over a three-week period, the Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bipartisan immigration bill that would seek to strengthen the country's healthcare workforce by making it easier for foreign health professionals to work in the U.S. FULL STORY »
A loophole in California's upcoming healthcare overhaul could be exploited by families gaming the system or responding to hardship in a way that doctors say could leave a pile of unpaid bills. FULL STORY »
The Obama administration said Monday that it was cutting payments to doctors and hospitals after finding that cost overruns are threatening to use up the money available in a health insurance program for people with cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses. FULL STORY »
An early report on Monday's tragedy in Oklahoma points to just how far this nation has come in a short time on health information exchange. FULL STORY »
The first Missouri doctor to receive an emergency suspension in at least 25 years can practice medicine again, with some restrictions. The license of the Jefferson City cardiologist had been suspended in November when he was accused of unnecessarily placing stents in patients' coronary arteries. FULL STORY »
Efforts to shift patients to lower-cost healthcare settings appear to flounder as the emergency department continues to play a larger role in where and how care is delivered. FULL STORY »
North Carolina doctors and healthcare administrators have expressed concern that allowing for-profit insurers to be one or more of the projected three statewide community-care entities could put the state's reform effort in unnecessary danger. The fear is that the insurers could leave the state if... FULL STORY »
