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Obama aministration shelves doctor ’mystery shoppers’ plan
The Obama administration said Tuesday that it had shelved plans for a survey in which "mystery shoppers" posing as...
Top Democrats reject new plan to cut Medicare spending
Leading Congressional Democrats immediately recoiled Tuesday from a new proposal to cut $600 billion in Medicare...
2 million Medicare beneficiaries aren't getting discounted drugs
More than 2 million Medicare beneficiaries have failed to sign up for a program that could save them thousands of...
'Conditioned on' kidney donation, sisters' prison release prompts ethics debate
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has announced that he will grant an early release from prison to two sisters serving...
Web Exclusive: Overtriage of Trauma Patients Costly, On the Rise
Health systems are increasingly and unnecessarily transferring trauma patients to a different, often higher-level...
Mobile clinics seen as way to cut US health bill
  About 3,000 people each year visit the mobile Family Van in Boston for free checks of their blood pressure...
MS patient goes to Mexico for stem cell transplant, chance to walk again
Dawn Gusty lay face down on the floor, struggling like an infant to crawl to the next room. Her brain knew what she...
The hospital’s growing role as care coordinator
Hospitals aren't known for making house calls. Once patients get their discharge papers, they take their chances with a...
Specialists address growing geriatrics’ workload
Paul Cary used to examine up to 30 patients a day at his senior-focused internal medicine practice in Dallas &ndash...
Safety nets for elderly are focus of St. Louis forum
By 2030, about 72 million Americans will be 65 or older — roughly twice the number in 2000, according to...