by Francesca Bacardi | Jul 3, 2013 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – People who suffer from mental illness could see some relief with the expansion of Medicaid services, but uncertainty remains for those whose states do not accept the changes. Medicaid is the largest payer for mental health services, but because some...
by Lauren Cook | Jun 12, 2013 | Science + Technology, Topics
Thanks to the increased globalization of travel, the potential for a national epidemic is often just a plane ride away. The possibility that your competition for the armrest is carrying a dangerous disease strain is compounded by the fact that this strain is likely to...
by Lauren Cook | Jun 12, 2013 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration came under fire Wednesday for not fulfilling its mandate to reduce substance abuse and mental illness and instead, funneling money to alternative treatment organizations, according to the...
by Mary Lee & Anderson Xia | May 16, 2013 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — Senators and medical professionals agreed Tuesday that the Medicare payment system must reward quality of care, not the number of procedures administered. The Senate Finance Committee examined ways the nation’s guaranteed health care program could...
by Mary Lee & Anderson Xia | May 8, 2013 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Medical practitioners and experts offered ideas to legislators Tuesday on how to alter the Medicare physician payment formula, something that continually plagues the medical community. Operating on a fee-for-service payment model, Medicare doctors...
by Lauren Cook | May 2, 2013 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — As professional hockey enters the post season, USA Hockey unveiled a new program Wednesday to make sure scandals that have affected other sport do not reach the ice rink. “The catalyst for it is absolutely and admittedly a byproduct of the horror of...
