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Reform Update: ACA foes, supporters trade volleys
By Jessica Zigmond | May 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Democrats and Republicans played another game of political tennis this week when House Republicans served up another vote to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Democrats returned a litany of reasons why the 2010 law is good for Americans.
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Oregon releases benchmark report on Medicaid reform
By Andis Robeznieks | May 17, 2013
The Oregon Health Authority released its benchmark-setting report tracking the progress of the state's Medicaid transformation program, which is projected to save $11 billion over the next 10 years.
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Bad medicine | Monitoring programs target substandard drugs
By Kerry Grens | May 17, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Patrick Lukulay faced a daunting task this month when he stepped off a plane in Accra, Ghana. Local clinics were reporting that oxytocin, a drug used to stop hemorrhaging after childbirth, was no longer working.
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J&J unit phasing out all-metal hip devices
By New York Times | May 17, 2013
The orthopedic unit of Johnson & Johnson said that it was phasing out production of all-metal replacement hips, a move reflecting an industrywide trend to abandon the once widely used implants because of high early failure rates.
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Bill expands opportunities for physician assistants in Missouri
By KCUR.org (Kansas City, Mo.) | May 17, 2013
Physician assistants may soon have more opportunities to practice in Missouri. A bill headed to the Governor's desk would provide more flexibility in how and where they provide care.
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House panel marks $344M for Defense-VA EHR
By Ashok Selvam | May 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The House Appropriations Committee this week marked $344 million for the development of an electronic health-record system that would allow the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments to share the same information.
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Quest acquires Concentra lab business
By Rachel Landen | May 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Quest Diagnostics, a Madison, N.J.-based provider of diagnostic information services, has acquired medical center operator Concentra's toxicology and clinical laboratory business and agreed to serve as Concentra's primary provider of workplace drug toxicology and clinical laboratory testing.
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Again, House votes to repeal reform law
By Jessica Zigmond | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
For the third time since early 2011, the House of Representatives approved legislation to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Decline in hospital CPI biggest since '97
By Melanie Evans | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Consumer prices for hospital services dropped 0.7% in April, the largest one-month decline since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics first reported the figures in January 1997. The drop follows a 0.4% increase the prior month, figures for the BLS Consumer Price Index show. In April 2012, hospital...
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Grandfathered health plans dwindling: analysis
By Jerry Geisel, Crain's Business Insurance | May 16, 2013
The percentage of employers with grandfathered healthcare plans continues to dwindle, according to a survey released Thursday.
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Reform Update: IRS controversy reaches ACA
By Jonathan Block | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The tentacles of the Internal Revenue Service controversy have reached the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On Wednesday, Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) introduced legislation, the IRS Accountability Act, to halt funding to the IRS for new agents enforcing the ACA.
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Docs, NPs at odds on pay issues, roles: survey
By Andis Robeznieks | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Physicians and nurse practitioners agree that NPs should practice “to the full extent of their license.” But the two groups strongly disagree on whether doctors and nurse practitioners should receive equal pay for providing the same services and on whether NPs can lead a...
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Window to Washington Blog: Baucus, Sebelius keep focus on implementation, not outreach
By Rich Daly | May 16, 2013
When Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, told HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that he worried Obamacare’s implementation was headed for a “train wreck,” she publicly promised to bring him into the loop.
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Chodor no longer CEO of Happtique; Perlman takes over
By Melanie Evans | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Ben Chodor resigned in April as CEO of Happtique, a healthcare mobile application marketplace owned by a subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association, but remains with the company.
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AMA sees profit decline by one-third
By Andis Robeznieks | May 16, 2013
Despite a 3.2% increase in membership, the American Medical Association's operating profit dropped by nearly 33% last year, which the organization's annual report said was due in a large part to “a material decline” in advertising revenue and coding book sales.
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Up to 20% of kids experience mental disorders: CDC report
By Jessica Zigmond | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Up to 1 in 5 children living in the U.S. have mental disorders, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about $247 billion is spent on children's mental health each year.
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Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos
By Associated Press | May 16, 2013
Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a long-standing goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.
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