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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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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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The American Hospital Association's investments failed to perform to expectations in 2011 but still represented more than 83% of the $7.8 million in profits the group posted in fiscal 2011, AHA officials said.
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The CMS said Medicare payment rates to acute-care hospitals will increase by about 2.8% in 2013, while the program's total spending on inpatient hospital services will rise by about $2 billion.
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The nation's hospitals hailed President Barack Obama's signing of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act on Monday as the right step to address the nation's drug-shortage problem.
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Declaring it was not his job to protect Americans from the consequences of their political choices, Chief Justice John Roberts voted to uphold most of the healthcare reform law.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act lifts a heavy burden from millions of Americans who need access to healthcare coverage. The promise of coverage—the cornerstone of any equitable approach to healthcare—may now become a...
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Act, largely upholding the 2010 healthcare reform law. In light of the decision, what are key issues for America's physicians and hospitals? What about the impact on payers and employers? And most of...
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Just weeks after the Leapfrog Group released a controversial scorecard assigning a letter grade for overall patient safety to more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals, the AHA is criticizing the group's data. (Story updated with comment from Leapfrog.)
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The American Hospital Association would have liked to have seen more from the CMS' final rules on both Medicare's conditions of participation and its plans to streamline reporting requirements for hospitals, released May 10, according to a statement from Richard Umbdenstock, president and CEO.
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