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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 Federation of American Hospitals supports goals outlined by the CMS to harmonize reporting of clinical quality measures, but warned that selected measures should be field-tested before being implemented as part of national quality reporting and payment programs.
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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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Afraid that applications for a demonstration program for Medicare and Medicaid enrollees don't ensure access and proper care for the mentally ill, behavioral-health groups created their own proposal.
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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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Looming deficit-reduction negotiations coming soon after Tuesday's federal elections could result in larger-than-expected cuts to hospitals, some health leaders warned.
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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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During confirmation hearings in 2005 after he was nominated to become the next chief justice of the United States, John Roberts described a judge's role as that of an “umpire.”
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A U.S. senator for 31 years and the author of more than 2,000 sometimes hard-to-decipher Twitter messages, Chuck Grassley also has had a long run on the annual 100 Most Influential rankings.
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HHS officials have no cause for alarm that the U.S. House of Representatives' most recent repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will move beyond the House floor, but they may be worried that two pilot programs related to the law are drawing heavy criticism.
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