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Provisions to postpone a Medicare fee cut for physicians and possibly other health-related measures have been removed from the Senate jobs bill, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.

Physician practices should have fewer problems with insurers when verifying coverage or tracking claims under a new Web-based system just launched in New Jersey, according to a release from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has introduced a bill that would give the state insurance commissioner the power to reject rates charged by hospitals, physician groups, other healthcare facilities and insurers, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

Wallace P. Berkowitz, MD, an otolaryngologist based in St. Louis, Mo., has been indicted on one count of healthcare fraud and 19 counts of making false statements related to healthcare mattes, according to a report in The Rolla Daily News.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has responded to a letter received by WellPoint in response to a letter she sent to the insurer requesting justification for Anthem Blue Cross of California's rate hikes for individual…

Minnesota and New York are looking to join Massachusetts and Vermont in restricting industry gifts to physicians and enacting other measures to limit the influence pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers have in physicians' decision-making, according to a report in American…

Manchester, N.H., and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire have launched a program which offers financial incentives to city employees who choose to receive healthcare in lower-cost facilities for a range of high-volume, elective healthcare services, including…

A Texas nurse who alerted the state medical board about the unsafe medical practices of a physician at the hospital where she worked was acquitted of a felony charge for the "misuse of official information," according to a report by…

Researchers from Northwestern University have developed a new nanofiber gel that may promote the growth of cartilage in joints, according to a report in HealthDay.

Knee or hip replacement patients who forego general anesthesia during surgery and instead receive pain-blocking medication recover more quickly and report less pain, according to the February issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.