By Rich Daly and Rachel Landen | May 11, 2013
| Print Magazine
Last week's public unveiling of CMS' charges and reimbursements data for about 3,000 hospitals across the country painted an unflattering portrait of the dramatic and sometimes mystifying variation between hospitals treating similar patients in similar markets. FULL STORY »
Just ahead of Mother's Day, President Barack Obama on Friday spoke from the White House about the ways his signature healthcare law will help millions of American women and their families. FULL STORY »
Federal lawmakers averted a government shutdown after the House of Representatives approved a $984 billion spending bill that will keep the government operating through Sept. 30 and maintains the sequestration cuts that will hit Medicare providers starting on April 1. FULL STORY »
The Senate passed a spending plan that retains the so-called sequester cuts that will drain 2% from Medicare reimbursement for services rendered after March 31. FULL STORY »
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the budget he proposes this week will promote repealing the 2010 healthcare law and transforming Medicare into a premium-support system. FULL STORY »
New year, same resolution. Just weeks into the 113th Congress, GOP lawmakers are making attempts to dismantle the 2010 healthcare law, and one of those efforts has bipartisan support. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | January 12, 2013
| Print Magazine
Opponents of the healthcare reform law's Independent Payment Advisory Board warn that its unilateral decisions could be disastrous for the industry and Medicare patients. But if Medicare spending keeps going the way it has the past few years, the board will never hold a meeting. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | January 05, 2013
| Print Magazine
An analysis by Modern Healthcare would seem to bear out the contention that something is amiss with value-based purchasing, at least as it is currently structured. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | December 01, 2012
| Basic Web
Two obstetricians who strongly oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will lead the House's GOP Doctors Caucus after the new 113th Congress is sworn in early next month. FULL STORY »
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