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As healthcare providers and analysts continue to digest more than 1,400 pages of the CMS' recent inpatient prospective payment proposed rule, they are analyzing how the agency would implement a new payment methodology for Medicare disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) payments next year.
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday said implementing the health insurance exchanges “is still a big, complicated piece of business,” but that the federal government's revised—and significantly shorter—application form will make it easier for people to enroll.
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The Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to advance Marilyn Tavenner's nomination to be CMS administrator, clearing the way for a Senate vote.
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Amid a generally warm bipartisan welcome today, Marilyn Tavenner fielded questions and concerns over implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from members of the Senate Finance Committee.
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has scheduled a confirmation hearing next week to consider President Barack Obama's nomination of Marilyn Tavenner to be CMS administrator.
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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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