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An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade but shelters domestic programs targeted for cuts by House Republicans.
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While they spoke to a much smaller crowd than former President Bill Clinton did the day before, political strategists James Carville and Karl Rove closed out the HIMSS annual conference and exhibition in lively fashion, and may have engaged the audience more than the former president did—even...
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Despite renewed assurances that the federal government will have its insurance exchanges ready to begin enrollments Oct. 1, the senior Senate health policy Democrat demanded more details on the secretive effort.
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President Barack Obama's re-nomination of Marilyn Tavenner as administrator of the CMS on Thursday drew wide support from health industry leaders but an uncertain outlook on Capitol Hill.
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The 113th Congress was sworn in on Jan. 3, and the committees with the most influence over healthcare policy will have relatively few new faces.
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It's estimated that in 2010, providers who self-referred patients for advanced imaging made about 400,000 more referrals than they would have had they not had a financial interest in the imaging equipment and that these referrals cost the Medicare system an additional $109 million, according to a...
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Physician Hospitals of America says that by supporting the Republican opponent of the junior senator from Montana, it's hoping to send a message to the state's senior senator, Democrat Max Baucus, that "anti-competitive healthcare" will no longer be tolerated.
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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A member of Congress wants the Treasury Department to look into whether the Internal Revenue Service ignored the American Hospital Association's suggestions when crafting regulations for tax-exempt hospitals.
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Members of Congress moved quickly this morning to release statements, falling mainly along party lines, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the healthcare reform law.
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