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Ark. doctors ask court to block state's new abortion rules

By Bloomberg | May 17, 2013

Two doctors are set to ask a U.S. judge to block the Human Heartbeat Protection Act, an Arkansas law banning most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
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Again, House votes to repeal reform law

By Jessica Zigmond | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web

For the third time since early 2011, the House of Representatives approved legislation to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Reform Update: IRS controversy reaches ACA

By Jonathan Block | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web

The tentacles of the Internal Revenue Service controversy have reached the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On Wednesday, Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) introduced legislation, the IRS Accountability Act, to halt funding to the IRS for new agents enforcing the ACA.
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Reform Update: No clear map for Medicaid expansion in red states

By Rich Daly | May 14, 2013 | Basic Web

Republican governors backing an expansion of Medicaid continue to hit headwinds in those efforts, and it is unclear what lessons can be drawn from the outcomes experienced by two of their colleagues.
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Vt. bill would let docs help patients die

By NBC News | May 14, 2013

Vermont is poised to become the fourth state to allow doctors to help terminally ill patients die. A bill approved Monday night by the state House would allow Vermont doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication.
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HHS issues rules cutting Medicaid DSH

By Rich Daly | May 13, 2013 | Basic Web

The Obama administration issued the rules Monday to carry out a major hospital Medicaid cut, even as it is trying to delay the reduction scheduled to begin in five months.
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Doc pay reform remains a 'top priority'

By Rich Daly | May 13, 2013 | Basic Web

Physician advocates see signs of progress in the Senate Finance Committee's hearing Tuesday—the panel's first in six years on replacing Medicare's physician payment system.
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Texas bill would let docs get patient data from driver's licenses

By Texas Tribune | May 13, 2013

Healthcare providers in Texas could soon collect or verify patient information by swiping a driver's license. The measure is one of a handful that the Texas Medical Association is pushing this legislative session to help modernize medical practices.
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$510M overspent on dialysis drugs: OIG | CMS plans to adjust payment schedule to reflect current treatment practices.

By Jaimy Lee | May 10, 2013 | Basic Web

The CMS and Medicare beneficiaries could have saved an estimated $510 million on drugs used to treat end-stage renal disease in 2011 if the reimbursement rate more accurately reflected current usage of these drugs, according to a report from HHS' inspector general's office.
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Reform Update: Obama touts reform law's benefits for women

By Jessica Zigmond | May 10, 2013 | Basic Web

Just ahead of Mother's Day, President Barack Obama on Friday spoke from the White House about the ways his signature healthcare law will help millions of American women and their families.
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