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Mammography dust-up highlights cost issues

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From the C-Suite While reform percolates Laura Long As the nation looks to transform healthcare from delivering too much care to consistently delivering higher quality, high-value care, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina isn't waiting for a healthcare reform law.   Submit a comment » More From the C-Suite » OPINION LEADERS SURVEY This is the fourth installment for 2009 of the Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Opinion Leaders Survey. More survey results can be found at the Commonwealth Fund's Web site, commonwealthfund.org. Slow spending, improve quality Gail Wilensky With so much attention being given to healthcare reform—which unfortunately seems to have morphed into health insurance reform—it's essential to remember the importance of reforming...   Don't take it for granted Bruce Vladeck Just as in 1993, when the architects of health reform initially took Medicare for granted and then scrambled to address beneficiaries' concerns, Washington finds itself caught up in the fog of...   Mission Medicare In its 44-year history, Medicare has been effective at providing access to medical care and predictable coverage for its beneficiaries. Now it’s time for the federal program to use its...   More Opinion Leaders Surveys » Reader Poll View Past Polls »   Submissions/Nominations/Events Exec IT survey now available Nominations now accepted for 2010 Health Care Hall of Fame award Send nominations for 50 Most Powerful physician executives Annual construction and design survey now open Deadline extended for Trustee of the Year nominations

Legislating Access Modern Healthcare is tracking the state and national proposals to expand access to health benefits for the uninsured and underinsured. This section on Modern Healthcare Online will be updated with each new proposal. Submit comments on any or all of the proposals to mheditorial@modernhealthcare.com. Senate reform package unveiled Sen. Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) raised the curtain on a 10-year $849 billion health overhaul package that melds components of two separate Senate bills that collectively have driven a... Other proposals: Federal Proposals » State Proposals » EXTRA! EXTRA! CEO roundtable: outpatient care Modern Healthcare's fall 2009 CEO roundtable examines the many forces reshaping outpatient-care services. Participating in the discussion were Marty Bonick, above left, president and CEO of Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky.; Michele Molden, president and CEO of the Piedmont Heart Institute in Atlanta; and Randy Oostra, CEO of ProMedica Health System based in Toledo, Ohio. The entire discussion is available on video or in a complete transcript. Read the story Read the complete transcript View the video