Topic: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
AP News | 2010-01-05 18:54:05
<div id="subtitle">US health care spending slowed by recession in 2008, but it still grew faster than economy</div><div><p>The U.S. spent an average of $7,681 per person on health care in 2008, for an eye-popping total of $2.3 trillion — even though spending actually slowed dramatically ...
AP News | 2010-01-05 07:00:49
<div id="subtitle">Recession slowed US health care spending in 2008, but it still grew faster than economy</div><div><p>The recession dramatically slowed U.S. health care spending to $2.3 trillion in 2008, but it still grew much faster than the economy as a whole, accounting for more than ...
AP Features | 2009-08-19 20:07:42
<div><p>A dozen New Jersey hospitals are paying doctors as an incentive to save the hospitals money.</p><p>The principle is known as gainsharing, and it's generally prohibited under federal law. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are allowing tests of the practice, which doctors' groups and ...
AP News | 2009-01-06 15:14:44
<div id="subtitle">Move to generic drugs slows rise in health care costs; sector's share of the economy grows too</div><div><p>Health care continued to take up a greater share of the economy in 2007, as spending on hospitals, doctors and other services increased 6.1 percent to $2 ...
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