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Dr. Susan Turney, president and CEO of the MGMA-ACMPE, sat down with Jessica Zigmond, Modern Healthcare's Washington bureau chief, to discuss the role physicians are playing in accountable care organizations, the future legal status of the healthcare reform law and possible reform of Medicare's...
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Henry Ford Health System President and CEO Nancy Schlichting was in Washington this past week to accept the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. She spoke with Modern Healthcare's Jessica Zigmond on April 16 at the National Press Club about system operations pending the U.S. Supreme Court's...
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius say they are confident the Supreme Court will uphold the healthcare reform law, and Holder said that President Barack Obama hasn't gone out of bounds in his remarks about the possibility that the justices will reach a different...
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Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with retired Excellus Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Rochester, N.Y.) CEO Howard Berman about Berman's career accomplishments and things he might have done differently as well as his predictions for how the healthcare industry will change in the near future.
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As director of the performance-based payment policy staff in the CMS' Center for Medicare, John Pilotte runs the agency's accountable care organization program. He discusses changes in the final ACO regulations, the ACO application process and how many provider groups he expects to sign up.
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Margaret O'Kane is president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance in Washington.
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Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, discusses the individual mandate, insurers' role in Medicaid managed care, and the future of Medicare Advantage.
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