HME News: Sebelius resigns from HHS
Kathleen Sebelius has resigned after serving five years as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, director of …
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Patients to soon have easier access to their doctors’ notes
More than 1 million people in Oregon and Southwest Washington will soon have easy access to the notes their providers write during medical appointments. Nine area health systems and medical …
Depression linked to poor self-management in patients with diabetes
Adult patients with diabetes who trust their medical provider and feel included in treatment decisions are significantly more likely to take and maintain a newly prescribed antidepressant medication, according to …
GAO Releases Round 1 Rebid Report
The second major government report on the Round 1 Rebid to be issued was released by the Government Accountability Office. The report acknowledges that both beneficiary utilization and numbers of …
OIG Releases Round 1 Rebid Report
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released its report on the bidding program’s Round 1 Rebid. The report is based on a random sampling of …
Healthcare spending growth highest in a decade
Healthcare spending grew at a 5.6 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis report. The growth, a …
Small Health Insurance Co-Ops Seeing Early Success
Many of us know the names of some of the big U.S. health insurance companies — like Blue Cross, Aetna and Wellpoint. But what about CoOportunity Health, or Health Republic …
A Union Aims at Pittsburgh’s Biggest Employer
For decades, United States Steel was this city’s dominant employer, but now the biggest employer is the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, with its 22 hospitals and 62,000 workers. As …