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Vital Signs
Shutdown dims hope of doc-pay fix, MGMA attendees told
By Andis Robeznieks | October 08, 2013
If Congress manages to get the government restarted and avert the debt ceiling crisis, lawmakers may have just enough time to renew their 10-year tradition of "kicking the can" on finding a replacement for the...
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Late News: Shutdown strife | Analysts look at healthcare issues beyond reform
By Jessica Zigmond | September 28, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As Congress remains paralyzed over a short-term spending bill to fund the government after Sept. 30, analysts are looking ahead at key health policy issues other than the reform law that have taken a back seat during the spending fights and at how, where and when they might resurface.
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Reform Update: Healthcare reform at heart of budget stalemate
By Jessica Zigmond | September 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Congress worked itself into a déjà vu budget stalemate this week with the healthcare reform law at the heart of it. Policy experts, though, said Washington's current fiscal fights won't have a significant impact on the healthcare industry this year. Still, they worry about the long-term effects of...
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Reform Update: Real estate investors seeing benefits of reform
By Andis Robeznieks | September 09, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
While healthcare reform continues to cast uncertainty over much of the healthcare industry, savvy investors are finding medical office buildings a safe and solid bet.
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Reform Update: House leaders look to put Medicare on 'sound financial footing'
By Jessica Zigmond | August 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A little more than a week before Congress returns from its summer recess, leaders of the two House committees that have worked throughout the year on draft legislation to repeal Medicare's physician payment formula are now posing ideas to modernize the rest of the Medicare program.
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The healthcare spending slowdown | Don't underestimate the role of government in enforcing change
By Merrill Goozner | August 10, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Taken together, the ACA delivery system reforms have significantly shifted the national discussion among healthcare leaders. They are now universally focused on improving quality while lowering costs.
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Vital Signs
House Energy and Commerce Committee passes legislation to repeal, replace SGR
By Jessica Zigmond | July 31, 2013
It's Christmas in July for Medicare-participating physicians—though the gift is far from being delivered. On Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth-rate formula and replace it with a stable system of...
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Reform Update: AHA warns against changing hospital tax rules
By Jessica Zigmond | July 26, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Already knee-deep in healthcare reform, the nation's hospitals this week waded into other deep policy waters that could have a serious impact on how they do business: tax reform.
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Latest effort to repeal SGR formula calls for 0.5% pay hike
By Jessica Zigmond | July 19, 2013
Republican and Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the latest version of a draft bill to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth-rate formula calling for a five-year period of stable payment increases as physicians transition into new payment models. But lawmakers...
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Video Feature: Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, new AMA president (4:36)
By Modern Healthcare | June 21, 2013
Modern Healthcare physician affairs reporter Andis Robeznieks interviews the new president of the American Medical Association, Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven. An infectious disease specialist from Lexington, Ky., Hoven talks about the recent meeting of the AMA House of Delegates and the AMA's efforts to...
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