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Late News: VA, Defense Department upgrade portal to address claims backlog
By Modern Healthcare | June 22, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments launched an enhanced, Web portal to try and address its notorious backlog of benefits claims affecting hundreds of thousands of veterans. The VA said the integration of the eBenefits portal with the new internal Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS)...
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Late News: Wyden calls for changes in the push for ACOs
By Modern Healthcare | June 15, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Medicare's accountable care push isn't doing enough for the patients who need them the most, said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Wyden, speaking last week at the National Accountable Care Organization Summit in Washington, said the attribution rule under the Patient...
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Late News: MedPAC policy highlights $900 million in annual savings
By Modern Healthcare | June 15, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Congress may be salivating over a long list of opportunities to cut hospitals' outpatient services. In March 2012, the MedPAC said the government could save as much as $1 billion a year by paying a uniform rate for evaluation and management office visits.
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Late News: Benjamin to step down as U.S. surgeon general
By Modern Healthcare | June 15, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The Obama administration lost another one of its top healthcare officials last week just as HHS prepares to kick implementation of the 2010 healthcare reform law into high gear. A little more than a week after it was revealed that Dr. Rick Gilfillan will leave his job this month as director of the...
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Late News: Obama insists reform works, praises Calif.'s premiums
By Jessica Zigmond | June 08, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
President Barack Obama promoted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in California on Friday, a signal that the White House is shifting into campaign mode in the final months before the core coverage provisions go live. Amid conflicting evidence...
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Late News: Three crewmembers killed in medical helicopter crash
By Modern Healthcare | June 08, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
A medical helicopter crashed in the parking lot of an elementary school in eastern Kentucky, killing all three crewmembers aboard.
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Late News: May healthcare job growth is half of 12-month average
By Ashok Selvam | June 08, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Growth in healthcare jobs slowed to levels not seen since January, primarily because hospitals shed 5,900 jobs for the month, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Healthcare overall...
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A breather for Medicare | Trust Fund's solvency extended by two years
By Rich Daly | June 01, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Medicare's hospital trust fund gained two years of solvency in the latest federal projections, but it is not clear why.
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Late News: Backing out | Many in dual-eligible pilot drop out, delay plans
By Rich Daly | May 25, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Reality is squeezing down what had been a massive pilot project targeting the disproportionately expensive care for Americans enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid.
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Late News: Coverage conundrum | Immigration reform hits healthcare roadblock
By Jessica Zigmond | May 25, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As lawmakers wrestle over federal immigration reform, some are stuck on how to address healthcare coverage for some 11 million immigrants living illegally in the U.S.
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