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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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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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