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Lawmakers and state authorities have expanded their investigations in the multistate meningitis outbreak to other compounding pharmacies and the industry's trade group.
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The FDA said its authority over compounding pharmacies is limited and needs to be strengthened in the wake of a meningitis outbreak tied to tainted steroids from a pharmacy in Massachusetts.
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As Congress and the White House brace for intense deficit-reduction negotiations, the nation's safety net providers are anxious about what changes might be in store for Medicaid.
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Shortly after hospitals implement energy conservation programs at their facilities, it's not unusual for utility companies to notify administrators that there might be some technical glitches with the electric meters.
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Did President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney miss an opportunity in Tuesday night's debate to attract the much-coveted female voting bloc by barely touching on healthcare issues? Or should moderator Candy Crowley take responsibility for that instead?
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An architect and hospital executive worked together on a 265-bed hospital. Thirty years later, they did the same, only the facility opening in December 2010 was almost 80% larger than the one that had opened in the fall of 1980.
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Congressional Republicans, irate that federal exchange funding has gone to “insert propaganda into the popular culture,” have demanded details on the grants.
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Republican lawmakers generally expect GOP-led states to continue holding off implementation of the insurance exchanges required by the 2010 healthcare-reform statute.
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Eleven health systems with a total of more than 500 hospitals have partnered with three healthcare-related environmental groups to improve environmental health and sustainability within the healthcare sector.
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Legislation to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board is swiftly making its way through the House of Representatives, as the full Energy and Commerce Committee approved the Medicare Decisions Accountability Act, a bill that physician Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) introduced last year.
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