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The House easily approved bipartisan legislation Saturday aimed at improving the safety of drugs produced by compounding pharmacies that mix customized pharmaceuticals.
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A company that has for decades helped people enroll in Medicaid says it won't be able to sign up people for insurance under the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act because there is too much scrutiny over a so-called navigator program.
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The Obama administration has basically told House Republican lawmakers to go fly a kite in response to their recent demand that organizations receiving federal funds to help Americans sign up for health coverage on the state insurance exchanges provide extensive information on their operations by...
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Bipartisan leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the latest iteration of a draft bill to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth-rate formula. The plan calls for a five-year period of stable payment increases as physicians transition into new payment models. Still to come are...
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A U.S. House-passed bill to establish a national system for tracking pharmaceutical drugs through the supply chain to thwart counterfeit medicines faces opposition from some Democrats, who say they want a tougher bill.
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Where consumers live and their state's previous insurance rules may determine whether they experience “rate shock” this fall in their small business and individual plans.
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House Republicans moved to divert money from the healthcare reform law's prevention and public health fund to shore up a program the law created to give temporary relief to Americans who can't otherwise afford health insurance because of pre-existing conditions.
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Interest groups and lawmakers are asking the Obama administration to clarify what makes a reasonably designed wellness program.
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A federal investigation into the meningitis outbreak intensified as lawmakers grilled the FDA commissioner about why the agency didn't do more to prevent the outbreak.
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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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