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If legislation to overhaul the U.S. immigration system ever becomes law, it's still likely to leave millions of citizens-to-be relying on safety net healthcare providers for years to come.
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Federal legislators are pushing a ban on self-referral in radiation therapy in the wake of a U.S. Government Accountability Office report finding a massive jump in advanced radiation treatments for prostate cancer conducted at facilities owned by the referring physicians.
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With the use of genetic testing growing rapidly, Cigna Corp. has become the first major health insurer to require subscribers who are at risk for breast cancer, colorectal cancer syndromes or Long QT syndrome and are considering genetic testing to first meet with a certified genetic counselor.
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Community Health Systems' earnings preview—which showed larger-than-expected drops in patient volume and net income—may set the stage for a difficult quarter going into earnings season for publicly traded hospital operators.
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WellPoint is set to crash two Top 10 lists—the number of members' records exposed in a security breach, and the size of the federal settlement amount paid as a result.
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Eli Lilly and Co. and the Alzheimer's Association say that the CMS' proposal to limit coverage of a pricey new test used to identify brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease would hinder diagnosis.
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In the hours after the Senate mustered a 68-32 vote to pass an immigration reform bill, healthcare providers applauded the healthcare workforce provisions but also criticized lawmakers for declining to address healthcare coverage for immigrants.
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Medicare's most ambitious test of accountable care could lose a substantial number of its participants after the first year.
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Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White Healthcare are headed toward becoming the largest not-for-profit system in Texas and one of the bigger ones in the U.S.
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U.S. Reps. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) want HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson to investigate the implementation of the second round of Medicare's competitive-bidding program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies. Thompson and Braley previously...
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