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Following are the titles and affiliations for the 100 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare for 2013.
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Modern Healthcare reporters are tracking healthcare leaders' reaction to President Barack Obama's re-election and what the election means for the healthcare industry
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With the recent passing of Jerry Nelson, the voice of Sesame Street's Count von Count, I'm compelled to note that the 2012 edition of Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare list had 18 first-timers, eight 11-timers, 78 men, 22 women and 25 doctors (20 men and five women).
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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The CMS expects many states will take “several months” more to decide whether to expand their Medicaid programs, according to a senior HHS official.
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New estimates on the healthcare law gave hospitals more ammunition in their fight for states to expand their Medicaid programs—and more concerns that they won't get what they bargained for.
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Re: “Supreme Court's decision cuts reform law's 11-year cost by $84 billion, CBO says,” Modern Healthcare.com, July 24: Upon reading this article, my trust in the Congressional Budget Office has fallen further than I thought possible. While the CBO gives big headlines to reductions, it...
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Provider groups and lawmakers focused on different elements of the Congressional Budget Office's new projections about the reform law to underscore or advance their respective policy positions.
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Provider groups said a House-drafted budget bill for HHS next year targets the nation's most vulnerable people, as it proposes to cut public health funding and end the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Even as the Republican-led House of Representatives voted again to repeal the 2010 healthcare overhaul, providers were bracing for the possibility that a majority of states may decline to implement the law's Medicaid expansions.
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