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The 300 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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The lead author of the 2010 healthcare overhaul confirmed Tuesday that he will not seek re-election when his term expires next year.
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(Story updated) President Barack Obama's highly anticipated fiscal 2014 budget released Wednesday proposes $5.6 billion in Medicare payment cuts for that year and about $400 billion in total federal healthcare savings over the next decade.
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The CMS awarded thousands of new contracts in Medicare's competitive-bidding program for medical supplies, an initiative growing substantially in its reach amid persistent criticism from many companies that distribute the products.
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Senators are planning a bipartisan policy grilling of Marilyn Tavenner as confirmation hearings begin today, but they're likely to move her toward becoming the first confirmed CMS administrator since 2006.
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Lawmakers may step in to resolve a five-year dispute over the appropriate level of clinical oversight at rural hospitals.
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The Obama administration says provisions of the healthcare reform law have led to fewer Medicare patients returning to hospitals within 30 days of discharge.
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More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented—a revolving door that for years has seemed impossible to slow.
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The CMS revealed new prices for durable medical equipment and supplies under an expanded competitive-bidding program that the agency says will save billions but that industry experts say could mean headaches for beneficiaries.
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Doctors with the Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization (a group of 900 Harvard University faculty and an equal number of independent doctors) plowed into the second year as an accountable care Pioneer with a new hospital contract, but no performance results for the last six months.
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