President Obama announced his intention to nominate Marilyn Tavenner to succeed Donald M. Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Read more »
Karen Davis, who has been a fixture in health policy in Washington, D.C., and New York for decades, recently announced that 2012 will be her last year as president of The Commonwealth Fund. Read more »
The United States spends far more on health care than many other developed nations yet all that money doesn't necessarily mean the quality of the care excels, says a report on international health released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Read more »
Of the $123 billion in Medicare cuts from 2013 to 2021 that the deficit reduction sequestration provisions call for, the majority would come from provider payments, with a 32 percent share coming from hospital inpatient reimbursements, health consultant Avalere Health says in a new analysis. Read more »
An announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the cases challenging the health care law included a surprise that could steal the show: the justices' decision to consider the law's sweeping expansion of Medicaid. Read more »
The announcement by the deficit reduction panel that it couldn't reach agreement on a legislative package to reduce deficit spending doesn't get lawmakers off the hook to make cuts this year to the popular Medicare program. Read more »