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The former co-chairmen of the president's bipartisan fiscal commission have introduced a deficit-reduction proposal that calls for an additional $2.4 trillion in savings over 10 years, with roughly a quarter of those savings—or about $600 billion—coming from Medicare and Medicaid.
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The Texas Medical Association is calling for appointment of a federal health information technology safety czar, while the American Medical Association wants to see more health IT safety research focused on systems in ambulatory care.
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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 CMS missed its own 2012 deadline to issue the final rule for a regulation that aims to make financial relationships between healthcare providers and manufacturers more transparent.
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The Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed details on federal funding spent to promote the 2010 federal healthcare overhaul.
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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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House Republican leaders have threatened to subpoena information from HHS if the department does not respond to a request about the use of taxpayer dollars to promote the reform law.
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Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) requested information from two hospitals and a health system in North Carolina about how they are using the 340B federal drug discount program.
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Congressional Republicans, irate that federal exchange funding has gone to “insert propaganda into the popular culture,” have demanded details on the grants.
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According to two influential GOP lawmakers, doctors will not have their Medicare pay cut by around 30% in January as called for by the sustainable growth-rate reimbursement formula. However, the lawmakers differ on when the much-hated SGR will be repealed for good.
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