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Immigration safety net | Overhaul not likely to improve healthcare access
By Joe Carlson | August 10, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Late News: 'Enough is enough' | Legislators want ban on radiation self-referral
By Andis Robeznieks | August 03, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Late News: Cigna requires genetic counseling | New policy aims to reduce inappropriate testing of at-risk patients
By Jaimy Lee | July 27, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Late News: Sour earnings report | Federal inquiry, bad debt shake Community Health
By Beth Kutscher | July 20, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Late News: WellPoint takes a hit | Massive medical record breach case to cost insurer $1.7 million
By Joseph Conn and Rachel Landen | July 13, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Late News: Test limits meet resistance | CMS seeks to restrict new PET scans for Alzheimer's
By Jaimy Lee | July 06, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Late News: Mixed views on immigration | Bill good for workplace, but doesn't address healthcare
By Jessica Zigmond | June 29, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Late News: Exit strategy | Up to nine Pioneer ACOs may leave program
By Melanie Evans | June 29, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Medicare's most ambitious test of accountable care could lose a substantial number of its participants after the first year.
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Late News: Moving forward | Baylor, Scott & White reach agreement on deal
By Melanie Evans | June 22, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Late News: Lawmakers call for probe of Medicare bidding program
By Modern Healthcare | June 22, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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