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The nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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U.S. House of Representatives committee chairmen asked for guidance on replacing the sustainable growth-rate Medicare physician payment formula, and healthcare associations were happy to comply. The responses reflected the concerns of each responding association's constituency—particularly...
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House GOP leaders released a revised proposal to replace Medicare's SGR physician payment formula with a system that includes specialty-specific performance measures.
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Perhaps the greatest challenge before the integrated, multispecialty organizations that make up the American Medical Group Association is that they are now being called upon to live up to their reputations as leaders in providing high-quality healthcare at a lower cost.
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Similar to a situation once described in the old Pogo comic strip, the U.S. healthcare industry looks to be “confronted with insurmountable opportunities” and it is being plunged into an environment where anything can happen and probably will, according to panelists offering their...
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The American Medical Group Association's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., began with its top officers congratulating members for the leadership they have shown in helping to transform the healthcare system. And then they called on them to lead some more.
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Modern Healthcare reporters reached out by phone and e-mail to leaders from across the industry to find out what they hoped to hear from President Barack Obama on Tuesday. Here's what they said: Dr. James Weinstein, president and CEO of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system
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Healthcare providers are pushing for Medicare payment changes based on quality during the recently started post-election lame duck session of Congress.
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Dr. Howard Graman, CEO of 700-provider PeaceHealth Medical Group, Bellevue, Wash., has been named chairman-elect of the American Medical Group Association.
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The American Medical Group Association is urging federal policymakers not to "rush to judgment" after reading the findings of a Government Accountability Office report that suggested physicians who own expensive diagnostic imaging equipment are more likely to order expensive imaging tests for their...
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