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Progress, but still a long way to go | Researchers see promise in safety measures, but gains uneven
By Lola Butcher | October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Nearly 15 years after the patient-safety movement started, deaths and injuries from poor care continue to be all too common in U.S. hospitals. For example, studies show that between 21% and 63% of urinary catheters, which frequently cause painful infections...
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Traffic jam | As millions head to exchange websites, government officials race to fix glitches
By Maureen McKinney | October 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
After a glitch-plagued first week of enrollment on the state and federally run insurance exchanges, many observers are wondering whether more technical problems are still to come and whether consumers will keep doggedly trying to sign up for coverage.
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Counselors' training to help consumers enroll hits roadblocks
By Steven Ross Johnson | October 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Many healthcare providers and community organizations across the country that have been designated as certified application counselors to help consumers enroll in health plans on the new state health insurance exchanges were still waiting last week for...
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HHS declines to provide enrollment numbers from exchanges' opening day
By Maureen McKinney | October 01, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
HHS officials were tight-lipped about the number of people who signed up for coverage on the opening day of the federal government's health insurance marketplace.
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Those damaging sequestration cuts | Continuing resolution's short-term savings will result in long-term costs
By Merrill Goozner | September 28, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Congress' across-the-board sequestration cuts may deliver short-term savings, but at the expense of the long-term investment needed to generate even greater savings down the road.
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Conway named deputy administrator at CMS
By Jessica Zigmond | September 27, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Dr. Patrick Conway, the CMS' chief medical officer and director of the agency's Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, has been named deputy administrator for innovation and quality at the CMS.
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Feds OK Arkansas' plan for Medicaid expansion
By Steven Ross Johnson | September 27, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Obama administration will allow Arkansas to move forward with a widely watched plan to expand Medicaid to cover an additional 200,000 residents by giving most of them premium assistance for plans in the state health insurance exchange.
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More than 100 House members ask CMS to delay 'two midnight' rule
By Joe Carlson | September 24, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Just days before a controversial rule on outpatient observation care goes into effect, more than 100 members of the U.S. House have signed a letter seeking to put the brakes on the policy.
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Gaining strength | Actuaries see rise in healthcare spending growth
By Melanie Evans | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The long slump in healthcare spending, whose growth slowed as the economy plunged into recession and never recovered, may be about to end.
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Late News: Program establishes benefits for low-income individuals
By Modern Healthcare | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The CMS late Friday laid out the standards for the healthcare reform law's Basic Health Program, which gives states the option to establish a health benefits program for low-income individuals who otherwise would be eligible to buy coverage in the health...
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