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Reform Update: Feds stand firm; patients in certain plans will face higher out-of-pocket costs
By Ashok Selvam | August 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Groups seeking to protect patients with chronic conditions from an increase in out-of-pocket spending beyond the limits set in the reform law aren't happy with a response from the Labor Department.
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Legislation targets surprise hospital charges
By Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) | August 05, 2013
With healthcare costs already strangling many families, a lawmaker wants to make sure Pennsylvania residents aren't surprised by controversial facility fees that have angered some residents.
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For critics, Kan. abortion law's form also matters
By John Hanna / Associated Press | August 04, 2013
Two Kansas doctors who have filed a lawsuit against a sweeping new state abortion law are attacking its form as well as its substance, hoping their objection to how lawmakers enacted the statute dooms it quickly.
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Bullock: Open to all options on Medicaid expansion
By Matt Gouras / Associated Press | August 03, 2013
Gov. Steve Bullock said Friday that "all options are on the table" in looking for ways to accept federal money to expand Medicaid for the working poor.
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Reform Update: Tavenner downplays GOP concerns over reform
By Jessica Zigmond | August 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Two months before open enrollment begins on the state insurance exchanges, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner downplayed concerns from GOP lawmakers that the 2010 healthcare law will hurt jobs and expressed confidence that the employer mandate delay won't affect the law's implementation.
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Legislators call for ban on radiation therapy self-referral
By Andis Robeznieks | August 02, 2013
Federal legislators are pushing a ban on self-referral in radiation therapy in the wake of a U.S. Government Accountability Office report on the impact of physician financial incentives on prostate cancer treatments.
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Reform Update: Online insurance brokers get to play on federally run exchanges
By Jonathan Block | August 01, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Increasing enrollment in health insurance is one of the primary goals of the health reform law. The CMS took a major step to achieve that by signing agreements with five online insurance brokers.
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Wash. law relaxes restrictions on doc assistants
By Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) | August 01, 2013
A new state law that took effect this week in Washington allows more physician assistants to work with doctors. Previously, Washington state limited the number of assistants that a physician could supervise to three, but the new law allows for five assistants per doctor.
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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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OIG wants skilled-nursing access for all Medicare beneficiaries
By Jessica Zigmond | July 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
HHS' office of the inspector general is urging the CMS to ensure Medicare beneficiaries have the same access to skilled-nursing care after leaving the hospital, regardless of how their stay is coded.
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