By Jaimy Lee and Jessica Zigmond | October 12, 2013
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There are growing signs that repeal of the medical-device tax, fervently sought by the politically potent device industry, may be a key element in resolving the impasse in Congress over the budget and raising the debt ceiling. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | October 12, 2013
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Information technology officers and their CEOs will be forced to make some tough choices in the months ahead. On a battlefield, it is called triage. FULL STORY »
By Beth Kutscher | October 12, 2013
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Healthcare providers are threatening to sue insurers that pass along a 2% rate cut imposed on their Medicare Advantage plan payments under the federal budget sequestration law. FULL STORY »
Maryland has submitted a plan to the federal government to modernize the state's all-payer rate setting system for hospital services, Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Friday. FULL STORY »
A list of healthcare's 20 most frequently billed Medicare DRGs, ranked by 2011 Medicare patient discharges. Source: Truven Health Analytics. Published Oct. 14, 2013, p. 32. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | October 12, 2013
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While the atmosphere at the Medical Group Management Association annual conference in San Diego was highly collegial, some traces of Washington's toxic political environment did seep into the event. FULL STORY »
Doctors, patients and Medicare advocates scrambled this week to determine how they are affected by UnitedHealthcare's decision to eliminate thousands of doctors from its physician network for Medicare Advantage next year. FULL STORY »
House Republican leaders are poised to offer President Barack Obama a plan that calls for a short-term hike in the nation's debt limit without immediately reopening the government. FULL STORY »
A government fraud alert last spring warning of the “inherently suspect” nature of physician-owned surgical supply companies led to swift drop-off in business. Now one firm is suing HHS. FULL STORY »
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Health System is collaborating with Rutgers University to create a Medicare accountable care organization that will be unique in New Jersey as it will involve academic researchers working with physicians. FULL STORY »
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