Jan./Feb. 2009

This Month's Features

  • February 28, 2009 | COMMENTS ()

    Hospital CFOs aren’t recession-proof

    Hospitals of all sizes have instituted hiring freezes and are putting off creditors in order to make their monthly payrolls.

  • February 28, 2009 | COMMENTS ()

    Congress moves ahead with SCHIP funding

    Congress is preparing for swift action on refunding and expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program, known as SCHIP, under the new Obama administration.

Industry News

  • Colo. health system wins 2008 Baldrige Award

    Richard Pizzi

    Poudre Valley Health System, a private not-for-profit healthcare organization in northern Colorado, has won the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

  • States beg for Medicaid aid

    Diana Manos

    State officials are urging the federal government to help them with a $140 billion budget shortfall expected before 2010.

  • How can insurance be enforced?

    Patty Enrado

    When Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland entertained the prospect of penalizing state residents who fail to buy health insurance, the local media criticized the punitive approach.

  • With a new president, anything is possible

    Diana Manos

    At the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball on Jan. 20, a newscaster asked President Obama what he planned to do his first day on the job. To very little surprise, he said he planned to work on the economic recovery plan.

  • Looking East for reform models: Commonwealth Fund touts success in Switzerland, Holland.

    Richard Pizzi

    A new Commonwealth Fund report finds that policies in Switzerland and the Netherlands that achieve near-universal coverage and low administrative costs can help inform the U.S. healthcare reform debate.