District of Columbia news and information

As a Nov. 16 deadline approaches for states to submit their health insurance exchange plans, HHS announced that the total number receiving implementation funds has reached 34.
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Families of children undergoing surgical procedures will be able to get real-time updates from surgery team members through a text-messaging program being implemented at Children's National Medical Center in Washington.
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In a case that one judge said ceased being simple long ago, a decision from the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia has upheld federally funded research using stem cells derived from human embryos—with the court's three judges each offering a different reason for deciding so.
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CACI International has been awarded a $45 million prime contract to provide certain operations and maintenance support services for the National Institutes of Health.
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Healthcare accreditation association URAC has named William Vandervennet Jr. as COO and Vernon Rowen as senior VP of external and legal affairs.
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HHS has named Bryan Sivak, currently Maryland's chief innovation officer, as chief technology officer.
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Dr. Lois Margaret Nora, interim president and dean of the Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pa., was named president and CEO of the Chicago-based American Board of Medical Specialties, effective June 29. Nora, 56, will succeed Lloyd Morgan, who has been the organization's...
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George Washington University Hospital, Washington, has named Mary Hopkins as director of health information management systems.
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George Washington University Hospital, Washington, installed Barry Wolfman as CEO and managing director.
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Doctors who treat Washington, D.C., Medicaid patients will no longer be required to give back 20% of their fees earned in 2011 from the program, the District's healthcare finance director announced.
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