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Commentary: CHIME applauds lawmakers' support of health IT
By Russell Branzell | October 09, 2013
While Congress focuses on the budget impasse, there's also acknowledgement that healthcare IT will play a key role in improving our healthcare system, according to CHIME's president and CEO.
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Disease outbreaks prompt recall of furloughed workers
By ABC News | October 09, 2013
Three government agencies responsible for ensuring food and drug safety and curbing disease have recalled furloughed workers to investigate recent outbreaks, including a cluster of salmonella cases tied to tainted chicken and an outbreak of nonviral hepatitis in Hawaii linked to a dietary...
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Questionable design blamed for health website woes
By Carla K. Johnson and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press | October 09, 2013
A decision by the Obama administration to require that consumers create online accounts before they can browse for insurance plans appears to have led to glitches that have frustrated customers.
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Texas organizations' program aims to improve state's health IT security
By Rachel Landen | October 08, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Texas Health Services Authority and the Health Information Trust Alliance are partnering to develop and implement a program that will improve the security of health information for Texas residents.
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Some Tea Party-backed lawmakers yield in Obamacare fight
By Bloomberg.com | October 07, 2013
The first cracks are appearing in the Tea Party’s push to dismantle the nation’s health law as three House lawmakers with ties to the movement said they’d back a U.S. spending bill that doesn’t center on Obamacare.
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House floats repeal of medical device tax as compromise to end government shutdown
By Andis Robeznieks | October 04, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A bipartisan House measure to repeal the 2.3% medical device excise tax that helps fund the healthcare reform law has been floated as compromise to end the federal government shutdown.
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Calif. law expands role of pharmacists
By Rachel Landen | October 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Oct. 1 that will expand the ability of pharmacists to serve patients and collaborate with other healthcare providers, resulting in greater access to care and improved quality and efficiency, according to a news release.
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Federal rats, mice, fish will remain well-fed during shutdown
By Joseph Conn | October 01, 2013
More than 700,000 federal workers will be looking for ways to put food on the table as much of the federal government shut down Tuesday over budget squabbles in Congress. But if you're a federal rat, it's still fat city. Federal mice, too.
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Senate rejects House conditions; shutdown looms
By Associated Press | September 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The U.S. government was on the brink of a partial shutdown Monday after the Democratic-led Senate refused to back down in a clash with the Republican-led House over President Barack Obama's landmark health law.
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Shutdown looms as House delays ACA in stopgap spending bill that now moves to the Senate
By Jessica Zigmond | September 29, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Defying Senate Democrats and critics in their own party, House Republicans pushed through a short-term spending bill early Sunday that increases the likelihood of a government shutdown by requiring a one-year delay in implementing and funding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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