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Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed Wednesday as the first permanent CMS administrator since 2006.
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If HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was calling health execs seeking donations, she didn't ask some of the largest not-for-profit hospital systems or their national trade group. She didn't need to.
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The 300 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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HHS on Wednesday released enhanced standards to help health and healthcare organizations promote health equity, advance quality and remove disparities in healthcare. .
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Richard Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, discusses what the sequester's 2% Medicare reduction means for hospitals in an interview with Merrill Goozner, Modern Healthcare editor, at the American College of Healthcare Executives Congress on Healthcare Leadership in...
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Healthcare providers are lining up against legislation the House will vote on Thursday that would replace part of the mandatory federal spending reductions scheduled for 2013 while maintaining billions in Medicare cuts.
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The head of the leading hospital advocacy group is pessimistic that states will undertake the voluntary Medicaid expansion called for by the 2010 healthcare overhaul.
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President Barack Obama's re-election delivered healthcare executives some certainty that the bulk of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be implemented, yet little clue how the president and Congress will treat healthcare programs in their quest to control federal spending.
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Reform implementation, Medicaid and sequestration are three key issues facing the healthcare industry in the wake of President Barack Obama's re-election, analysts, consultants and healthcare leaders said Wednesday.
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The White House finally put a number on how much needs to be cut from Medicare as part of the debt-ceiling law, and healthcare groups put a number on how much it would cost them—in jobs.
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