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Reform Update: IRS controversy reaches ACA

By Jonathan Block | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web

The tentacles of the Internal Revenue Service controversy have reached the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On Wednesday, Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) introduced legislation, the IRS Accountability Act, to halt funding to the IRS for new agents enforcing the ACA.
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Docs, NPs at odds on pay issues, roles: survey

By Andis Robeznieks | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web

Physicians and nurse practitioners agree that NPs should practice “to the full extent of their license.” But the two groups strongly disagree on whether doctors and nurse practitioners should receive equal pay for providing the same services and on whether NPs can lead a...
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Window to Washington Blog: Baucus, Sebelius keep focus on implementation, not outreach

By Rich Daly | May 16, 2013

When Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, told HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that he worried Obamacare’s implementation was headed for a “train wreck,” she publicly promised to bring him into the loop.
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Chodor no longer CEO of Happtique; Perlman takes over

By Melanie Evans | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web

Ben Chodor resigned in April as CEO of Happtique, a healthcare mobile application marketplace owned by a subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association, but remains with the company.
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AMA sees profit decline by one-third

By Andis Robeznieks | May 16, 2013

Despite a 3.2% increase in membership, the American Medical Association's operating profit dropped by nearly 33% last year, which the organization's annual report said was due in a large part to “a material decline” in advertising revenue and coding book sales.
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Beaumont CMO Diokno announces retirement

By Ashok Selvam | May 16, 2013

Beaumont Health System Executive VP and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ananias Diokno has announced his retirement.
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Up to 20% of kids experience mental disorders: CDC report

By Jessica Zigmond | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web

Up to 1 in 5 children living in the U.S. have mental disorders, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about $247 billion is spent on children's mental health each year.
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5 Beaumont clinical chiefs ask system to reconsider Henry Ford Health merger

By Jay Greene, Crain's Detroit Business | May 16, 2013

Five clinical service chiefs at Beaumont Health System Tuesday delivered a letter to the Beaumont board of directors asking the board to reconsider its proposed merger with the Henry Ford Health System, sources told Crain's.
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Order prevents Phoebe Putney from integrating new hospital

By Joe Carlson | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web

Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union.
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