Several hospital groups urged Congress to use savings from overseas operations funds as a way to solve Medicare's sustainable growth-rate formula for physicians—as long as those funds would provide for a full fix.
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House members are scheduled to vote late Wednesday on repealing the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, the voluntary long-term-care program included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Medicare Advantage premiums fell an average of 7% over the past year, according to HHS, even as enrollment rose by about 10%.
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Medical Properties Trust, Birmingham, Ala., has signed an agreement to purchase most of the real estate assets of inpatient rehabilitation and long-term acute-care provider Ernest Health, Albuquerque, as well as a portion of the operations of the 16-hospital investor-owned chain.
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Montclair (N.J.) Health System set plans in motion to acquire Mountainside Hospital in Montclair by filing a certificate-of-need request with the state department of health to transfer the facility's ownership.
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The Food and Drug Administration needs more resources for oversight of products developed and manufactured overseas, FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg said during a House hearing examining the Prescription Drug User Fee Act.
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The Food and Drug Administration said it reached an agreement in principle with the medical device industry to reauthorize the device user-fee program, but has not yet finalized recommendations to submit to Congress.
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A newly finalized deal will combine the western Washington operations of Providence Health & Services, Renton, Wash., and Swedish Health Services, Seattle.
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Not enough is being done to maintain or enhance the quality of life for Americans with chronic illness as an epidemic of chronic illness heads toward crisis proportions, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine.
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The University of Colorado Hospital and the two-hospital Poudre Valley Health System will operate as University of Colorado Health under a joint operating agreement.
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The National Quality Forum has endorsed four new measures related to the U.S. healthcare system's use of funds and resources.
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Federal healthcare spending is projected to more than double in the coming decade, according to federal budget projections.
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be joined by CMS Deputy Administrator and Medicare Director Jonathan Blum to make an announcement about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at 11:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 1.
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Cigna Corp. completed its acquisition of HealthSpring, a Nashville-based Medicare Advantage provider that the insurer bought for $3.8 billion in cash.
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