State would post prices of hospital care
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Consumers would be able to look up on the Internet prices that hospitals are paid for specific procedures under a Romney administration proposal intended to encourage comparison shopping and reduce healthcare spending.
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WASHINGTON - Nearly all the nation&#39;s hospitals are voluntarily providing information about the quality of care they deliver, the government said Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - How a hospital rates in terms of the quality of care it provides does not appear to be closely linked to patient outcomes, according to a study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.
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The government posted mortality data on Thursday for the nation's thousands of hospitals for heart attacks and heart failure, in an effort to shed light on which hospitals provide the best care.
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The latest report on state finances, this one from the nation's governors, adds to the evidence that the fiscal picture is improving nationwide, though rising health-care costs and long-delayed programs and infrastructure improvements are clouding the picture.
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Health care professionals across the state say a new federal program that will give $1 billion to hospitals nationwide that provide emergency care to undocumented
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THE REGION Study: Uninsured pay highest drug prices
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Dec. 9, 2004 -- The group behind Consumer Reports magazine announced Thursday it will begin comparing costs of popular medications to help the public choose the best bargains.
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The federal government is now telling patients whether their local hospitals are doing what they should to treat heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia.
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Calls are deepening for the government to assume more of the costs of medical care through nationalized health care.
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State efforts to transform the nationâs health care system appear to be on a collision course with the Bush administrationâs latest budget proposal.
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How the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles data on pharmaceutical prices.
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U.S. spending on prescription drugs, hospital care and other health services is expected to double to $4.1 trillion over the next decade, up from $2.1 trillion in 2006, a government report released on Wednesday found.
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Supporters of Tennessee&#39;s plan to cut spending on its expanded Medicaid program believe it could be a model for other states fighting rising health-care costs.
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Auditors will be sent to investigate techniques used by states to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid costs to the U.S. government.
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Prepare to dedicate more of your budget to healthcare: The nation is expected to be spending $1 of every $5 on it by the end of the decade.
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More than 98 percent of U.S. hospitals  are now reporting quality-of-care data for treating heart  attack, heart failure and pneumonia, the Centers for Medicare  and Medicaid said on Thursday.