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Dr. Andrew Gurman, speaker of the American Medical Association House of Delegates, is known for starting off the AMA policy-making body's annual meeting in Chicago with a light and humorous touch.
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The California Legislature on Saturday passed a major piece of the federal Affordable Care Act, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million low-income Californians, as it rushed to meet its deadline to complete a state budget for the coming fiscal year.
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Far from reversing course, Senate Democrats who backed President Barack Obama's healthcare law and now face re-election in GOP-leaning states are firming up their support for the overhaul even as Republican criticism intensifies.
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Maine's Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Friday signed a bill authorizing the state to pay off hundreds of millions of dollars owed to Maine's hospitals for Medicaid services, but he remained silent on whether he plans to approve the state's budget or a proposal to expand healthcare coverage under...
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The Obama administration is working to fill in the blanks on financial elements of the coming health insurance exchanges, including options for enrollees without bank accounts.
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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended in March 2012 that Medicare should equalize evaluation and management office visit payment rates, regardless of whether they occur in a hospital outpatient setting or a physician's office, which would save up to $1 billion a year. On Friday it...
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With the coverage expansion provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act just a few months away, insurers long accustomed to dealing only with major employers and their brokers are devising new strategies for marketing to individual consumers.
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Shares of Elan Corp. jumped Friday after the Irish drugmaker said it will explore a possible sale of the company while its board continues to fend off a hostile takeover bid from Royalty Pharma.
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Federal health officials have given final approval to a plan to overhaul Florida's safety net health insurance program. Gov. Rick Scott announced the decision on Friday, saying it would allow the state's Medicaid program to "to provide Medicaid users with quality, value-based and patient-centered...
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The Food and Drug Administration issued a notice on Thursday asking medical device manufacturers and healthcare facilities to introduce controls that would guard against cyber-attacks on medical equipment and hospital networks.
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