It appears that the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. will not get federally subsidized access to health coverage under planned legislation that would allow many to stay legally.
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Legislators in Washington all claim they want to hold down healthcare spending, recognizing it is the main driver of the nation's long-term deficit.
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The Obama administration tried again to resolve the controversy over mandatory employer coverage of birth control, sterilization and post-fertilization drugs by having insurers pick up the costs.
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The CMS issued the long-delayed final rule for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, setting out a timeline for implementation that is a year past what the healthcare reform law required. The Sunshine Act aims to increase transparency and reduce the potential for conflicts of interest by gathering...
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Two federal officials with significant influence in healthcare are leaving the Obama administration. Dr. Carolyn Clancy, who has led HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for nearly a decade, will leave her post “in the coming months,” according to a memo to employees from HHS...
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It appears that the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. will not get federally subsidized access to health coverage under planned legislation that would allow many to stay legally.
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Whether to include any type of federal assistance for healthcare coverage for a newly legal class of immigrants could turn into a thorny issue this year as lawmakers attempt to overhaul the nation's immigration policies.
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A patient balks at paying $50 for a dose of antibiotics. However, that same patient has no issue paying $50,000 for an oncology drug that may extend life for a few weeks.
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It appears increasingly certain that providers and insurers will see a 2% Medicare cut go into effect March 1. The automatic budget cuts queued up for that date could have an even deeper impact on the government's ability to carry out the healthcare reform law.
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Without fanfare or so much as a news release, a unit of UnitedHealth Group acquired Humedica, a Boston clinical data analytics firm with tight ties to the American Medical Group Association.
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Driven by federal incentive programs and a growing body of research, providers are ramping up attempts to engage patients and promote shared decisionmaking. But those efforts could face significant obstacles, hindering one of the central tenets of the healthcare reform law.
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The U.S. Supreme Court may hear Round Two of legal arguments over the healthcare reform law as soon as late 2013, thanks to a revived constitutional challenge pending in Virginia.
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The Mayo Clinic, synonymous with southern Minnesota for more than a century, says state lawmakers must pay about $600 million over 20 years in an unusual borrowing plan to ensure the famed clinic will continue investing in the region.
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The team behind one of the largest and most successful hospital chains in the U.S. is getting closer to breaking into new territory 10,000 miles away in what could be a sign of things to come.
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Cardiac care is a fast-growing and lucrative service for hospitals, but a recent $12.6 million settlement for alleged kickbacks at a New Jersey hospital is reminding health systems to ensure they're not illegally buying referrals for heart care.
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Author, designer and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller said change doesn't come from fighting the existing reality, but by building a new model that makes the existing one obsolete.
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Over the past two decades, Thomas Dolan's dynamic leadership of the American College of Healthcare Executives transformed the professional association by anticipating and responding to the pressing challenges of 21st century healthcare.
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Wayne Lerner has a habit of putting his hospital's community and staff ahead of himself, no matter where he's served in a career that has spanned nearly four decades.
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Christina “Tina” Freese-Decker's engineering background makes her ideally suited to chipping away at the challenges that face healthcare systems across the country.
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Legislators in Washington all claim they want to hold down healthcare spending, recognizing it is the main driver of the nation's long-term deficit.
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With pressure growing on hospital systems to find new sources of revenue, many healthcare executives are turning to international patients as an attractive option.
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West Penn Allegheny Health System at one time was one of the prominent healthcare providers in Pittsburgh. As a new health system emerged (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) and monopolized the city, WPAHS was...
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A list of the nation's 25 largest professional liability carriers, ranked by direct premiums written for medical professional liability in the U.S. in 2011. Source: A.M. Best Co. Published Feb. 4, 2013, p. 34.
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Good news for all you philanthropic exhibitionists out there—this month brings an opportunity to run around in your underwear for a good cause.
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“As the effects of the Affordable Care Act come into focus, it becomes clear that when the majority of physicians are no longer self-employed—and barring any legislation to the contrary—their new employed status will provide doctors with the right to collective bargaining.
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