WASHINGTON – Arizona could lose more than 9,800 health-care and other jobs next year if a 2 percent cut in Medicare takes effect Jan. 2 as part of the $1.2 trillion federal budget “sequestration,” a new report claims.

State lawmakers took the first steps Wednesday to reversing their decision to cut state-provided health care for about 350,000 adults and children.

One of the state’s largest medical providers says the state has shortchanged it hundreds of thousands of dollars in workers’ compensation payments, a figure that is going up every day.

More than a year after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, health care experts who gathered in Glendale Friday said the law continues to evolve. “This is a very fluid piece of legislation,” said Ruthann Laswick of Black, Gould & Associates. “HHS (the Department of Health and Human Services) is constantly making clarifications. What you’re told one day could be completely different a few days later because their interpretation has changed.”

More than a year after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, health care experts who gathered in Glendale Friday said the law continues to evolve. “This is a very fluid piece of legislation,” said Ruthann Laswick of Black, Gould & Associates. “HHS (the Department of Health and Human Services) is constantly making clarifications. What you’re told one day could be completely different a few days later because their interpretation has changed.”

Arizona is now officially challenging Congress and the Obama administration over the new federal health care law.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a new report Monday showing that more than 5 million Americans with traditional Medicare — or nearly one in six people with Medicare — took advantage of one or more of the recommended free preventive benefits.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a new report Monday showing that more than 5 million Americans with traditional Medicare — or nearly one in six people with Medicare — took advantage of one or more of the recommended free preventive benefits.

A new hospital touted for serving more patients will soon bring something else to Scottsdale: more jobs.

Coronary bypass patients at Scottsdale Healthcare Shea hospital could have shorter recovery times and reduced postoperative pain if the Food and Drug Administration approves use of an innovative robotic surgical tool.

More than a year after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, health care experts who gathered in Glendale Friday said the law continues to evolve. “This is a very fluid piece of legislation,” said Ruthann Laswick of Black, Gould & Associates. “HHS (the Department of Health and Human Services) is constantly making clarifications. What you’re told one day could be completely different a few days later because their interpretation has changed.”

A $500,000 donation by Catholic Healthcare West and UnitedHealthcare will help cover a shortfall in funding for the expansion of Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s nursing program.

Banner Health Group officially broke ground on four 21,000-square-feet East Valley health centers in Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa and Queen Creek Thursday.

Some proposed new flexibility for states to comply with the new federal health care law won't do much good for Arizona, Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday.

Gov. Jan Brewer is praising Thursday’s ruling by a federal judge in Florida allowing 20 states, including Arizona, to sue the Obama administration to overturn the new federal health care law.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a new report Monday showing that more than 5 million Americans with traditional Medicare — or nearly one in six people with Medicare — took advantage of one or more of the recommended free preventive benefits.

Regardless of what you think about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also called Obama Care, the delivery of healthcare in the U.S. needs a major overhaul. The focus should be on patients and on high value healthcare. That means doing what it takes to get better outcomes, better safety, better service at lower overall costs — a focus on value, not on volume.

Arizona is getting $1 million from the federal government “to help crack down on unreasonable health insurance premium hikes.’’

Gov. Janet Napolitano urged lawmakers Monday not to cut state aid to education, health care, domestic violence programs and foreclosure assistance as they seek to deal with the state's record deficit.

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration Thursday announced plans to implement a controversial regulation designed to protect doctors, nurses and other health-care workers who object to abortion from being forced to deliver services that violate their personal beliefs.

Whenever you’re planning to pursue an online/distance education degree or certificate, you need to ask yourself plenty of hard questions, such as whether you have the discipline to succeed in an online format and whether the online approach fits your learning style.

Health insurance premium costs for private-sector employees skyrocketed more than 100 percent from 1996 through 2006, according to new statistics from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.