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A look at hospital news around the country also includes reports on a Mayo collaboration in Minnesota on immigrant health, plans for a proton cancer therapy center in South Florida and efforts by Tufts Medical Center to get a level one trauma center.
They say they should be excluded from the new regulation, which requires insurance plans to cover birth control.
A selection of editorials and other opinions on health care policy from around the country.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that the federal government could save as much as $17.7 billion over the course of five years as a result of a rule change that shifts more costs to drug makers and pharmacies.
A report released last week by the Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General found that limited data made it difficult to gauge if issues surrounding the uncertainty of physician pay is driving doctors to opt out of Medicare.
States are facing Medicaid budget, lawsuit and ER pressures in Colorado, Utah and Louisiana.
A selection of health policy stories from around the United States.
The candidates appear to be proceeding with caution regarding politically risky plans to overhaul Medicare while painting opponents in a harsh light.
Also in the news, Roll Call takes a look at what action to expect, and who on Capitol Hill will be in the hot seat, as the Supreme Court works its way through the health law's constitutionality.
On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services rejected Texas' request to delay implementation of the health law's medical-loss ratio requirement.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a report that GOP leaders are pledging quick action on legislation to extend the payroll tax break and to prevent a scheduled cut in Medicare physician payment.
Newt Gingrich says because of the Mass. health reform, Mitt Romney would be ineffective at debating President Obama.
News outlets covered strategy talks at a congressional Democrats' retreat.
A new report says despite efforts to digitize health records, big gaps in implementation persist.
A new study shows that heavier doctors are less likely to discuss obesity with their patients.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was challenged on the health law he signed while governor of Massachusetts, with his rivals pressing its similarities to the 2010 federal overhaul signed by President Barack Obama.
Insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans were overpaid by as much as $3.1 billion in 2010 because the government miscalculated how sick beneficiaries were, according to a review by the Government Accountability Office that was made public by congressional Democrats.
States are grappling with mental health issues including a redesign of a program in Iowa, increased coverage for the mentally ill in California and a first aid pilot program in Pennsylvania.
A single-payer health plan failed by two votes in the California State Senate Thursday.
In this post in the PLoS "Speaking of Medicine" blog, guest blogger Christian Lienhardt, senior scientific adviser at the Stop TB Partnership and WHO, "discusses the International Roadmap for Tuberculosis (TB) Research, a framework outlining priority areas for investment in TB research." He writes, "The tools available for TB control are old, lack effectiveness, and are not readily accessible in many settings," adding, "Fortunately there is hope, thanks to notable progress in the development of new tools for TB control over the last decade," such as "the recent introduction of Xpert MTB/RIF -- a DNA-based molecular assay that can diagnose TB and the presence of rifampicin-resistance in 100 minutes" (1/26).
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