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A year ago, few people outside of the pharmacy sector knew much about drug compounding. Now the industry is at the center of legal and regulatory action.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's plan to extend taxpayer-paid health insurance to hundreds of thousands of the working poor came with his repeated warnings that it is not an expansion of Medicaid and that he would not expand an entitlement program that he views as already too costly, bloated and...
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Washington's healthcare revolving door is spinning fast as the new online health insurance marketplaces, a central provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, are set to open Oct. 1.
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Tina Grant said she thought lobbying for expanding Medicaid in Republican-led Michigan would be like running a marathon. Instead, it turned out to be more like a triathlon.
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While most of Washington has been on vacation, industry lobbyists have orchestrated a textbook campaign to protect $500 million in excessive payments for dialysis drugs.
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Two months after putting off a decision on whether to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults, leaders of the Michigan Senate are looking to hold their much-anticipated vote.
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Provider groups are protesting a CMS rule interpreting the healthcare reform law that gives consumers a grace period for unpaid health insurance premiums will put them at significant risk of delivering services for which they won't get paid.
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The American Hospital Association posted an $8.7 million surplus in fiscal 2012, thanks in part to increased member activity coming from uncertainty surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, officials from the trade group said Thursday.
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The American Hospital Association posted an $8.7 million surplus in fiscal 2012, thanks in part to increased member activity coming from uncertainty surrounding the reform law.
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Provider groups say a CMS rule interpreting the healthcare reform law that gives consumers a grace period for unpaid health insurance premiums will put them at significant financial risk.
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