A Health Adventure

Health care leaders pledge $2 trillion in spending cuts

May 23, 2009 on 5:32 am | In Government | Comments Off The AMA indicated it will push for medical liability reform for doctors in exchange for reducing health spending growth.

Focus turns to lessons learned from H1N1 scare

May 23, 2009 on 5:32 am | In Profession | Comments Off Physicians say their experience with the flu strain helped prepare them for the next outbreak.

Doctors prepare for ID theft rules

May 23, 2009 on 5:32 am | In Government | Comments Off Organized medicine continues to challenge the "red flags" rules during the additional three months before enforcement starts.

2010 HHS budget looks to use Medicare savings for reform

May 23, 2009 on 5:32 am | In Government | Comments Off The Obama administration also will look into removing physician-administered drugs from the calculation of the Medicare pay formula.

FDA pick answers lawmakers on tobacco regulation, flu

May 23, 2009 on 5:32 am | In Government | Comments Off Dr. Hamburg, a former New York City health inspector, faced a largely friendly audience at a Senate confirmation hearing.