By Jessica Zigmond | February 11, 2012
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The nation's Catholic bishops said they do not support the Obama administration's proposed changes to an HHS rule requiring employers to include... FULL STORY »
Rep. Wally Herger (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, said he will not seek re-election when he completes his term... FULL STORY »
Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years... FULL STORY »
Rod Blagojevich was clearly the ringleader of the schemes for which he was convicted, a federal judge said Tuesday at the sentencing hearing for the... FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | November 07, 2011
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Will a new $6 million endeavor be strong enough to help change how an $800 billion federal program has done business for more than four decades? FULL STORY »
President Barack Obama signed an executive order that provides the Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department with new resources and... FULL STORY »
Democrats on the congressional deficit-reduction supercommittee offered a collection of plans similar to what President Barack Obama suggested during... FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans | October 24, 2011
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Medicare officials sweetened the deal intended to encourage hospitals and doctors to take on risk in exchange for rewards for high quality and... FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | October 24, 2011
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HHS won't implement it, congressional Republicans want to kill it, and the White House says repealing it isn't necessary or productive. But experts... FULL STORY »
The Obama administration finalized one rule and proposed two more to reduce regulatory burdens that together would save providers more than $1.1... FULL STORY »
By Associated Press via (San Jose, Calif.) Mercury News | October 11, 2011
California's Los Angeles County is enrolling hundreds of thousands of uninsured residents for free medical care as it prepares for President Barack... FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson | October 03, 2011
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The U.S. Justice Department charted a legal course last week that could produce a final decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection... FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | September 30, 2011
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The Institute of Medicine has targeted Oct. 7 as the release date of its recommendations to HHS regarding the agency's pending rule on the health... FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | September 29, 2011
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A draft 2012 funding bill Thursday from the House Appropriations Committee would rescind more than $8 billion in funding to implement the healthcare... FULL STORY »
The cost of health insurance coverage provided by nonfederal public and private employers increased nearly three times as fast this year as it did... FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | September 15, 2011
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House Republicans on Thursday returned to the familiar topic of repealing the healthcare reform law as a House Energy and Commerce Health... FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | September 15, 2011
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HHS on Thursday announced a total of $10 million in funding that will be awarded to 129 community organizations nationwide to help them establish new... FULL STORY »
President Barack Obama's healthcare law created a $5 billion fund to shore up coverage for early retirees, and some of that money is flowing to... FULL STORY »
Paul Clement, 45, is lead counsel in the high-profile Florida case against the reform law filed by Republican governors and attorneys general from 26... FULL STORY »
A committee of lawmakers that was expected to tell the Illinois General Assembly how to set up a statewide health insurance exchange is passing the... FULL STORY »
A bipartisan panel of Illinois lawmakers that is studying how to set up a state-run health insurance exchange is pushing back the release of its... FULL STORY »
Revamped healthcare reform law regulations will keep in place a Labor Department rule on the amount of time to notify health plan enrollees of... FULL STORY »
The CMS says it has paid out well over half of a $5 billion fund created by the health care reform law that partially reimburses employers and other... FULL STORY »
Regulators have followed objective criteria in deciding requests by limited health care plan sponsors for temporary waivers from a health reform law... FULL STORY »
A $5 billion federal program that partially reimburses health plan sponsors for claims by early retirees paid out more than $500 million in its first... FULL STORY »
The House of Representatives on Wednesday is expected to consider and pass legislation, H.R. 4, to repeal a health care reform law provision that... FULL STORY »
The Obama administration on Tuesday renamed a key regulatory unit charged with developing healthcare reform rules and shifted that unit to the... FULL STORY »
The Department of Health and Human Services has approved more than 700 one-year waivers for “mini-med” and other limited benefit health... FULL STORY »
The new Republican chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is asking the director of a federal office partially responsible for... FULL STORY »
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said it supports congressional efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and will work to curb... FULL STORY »
The Obama administration says it intends to move a regulatory unit pivotal in developing rules to implement the health care reform law out of Health... FULL STORY »
Anxious employers of all sizes and from nearly every industry have been asking their benefit consultants to calculate how the new U.S. health care... FULL STORY »
Nobody promised that getting a good health bill and changing the existing dollar flow in healthcare in the U.S. would be easy. Australia passed four... FULL STORY »
The bill is 2,700-plus pages, passed in secret without the promised transparency, and now that it can be read and dissected, there's discovery of... FULL STORY »
While reform and wider availability of healthcare insurance is needed, this law isn't the answer. And, as it has been raised numerous times,... FULL STORY »
As vice president of public advocacy for CompTIA, the largest association in the technology industry, I know firsthand that the 1099 provision hits... FULL STORY »
I don't usually response to issues like this, but I am putting my boxing gloves on and letting everyone I know that most of the people whom we elect... FULL STORY »
Unfortunately, it sounds like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hasn't received the message. It's not about all or nothing, it's what is best... FULL STORY »
I think that mandating anything for citizens is unconstitutional. When are we going to stand up and let this Congress know that we can manage our own... FULL STORY »
One can imagine the following spoken from the vantage point of our dear leaders in Washington: Those greedy insurance companies. There is no reason... FULL STORY »
Yes, I believe the healthcare reform law will save Medicare by cutting high utilization of interventions that are not really needed for the purpose... FULL STORY »
I am more convinced than ever that this legislation will force my hospital to be purchased by a larger health system in the next three to five years. FULL STORY »
Hospitals have become sink holes for valueless expenditures. While this occurrence is not necessarily their fault since they are required to be in... FULL STORY »
Our elected officials continue to show a lack of integrity and a lack of respect for the people who pay their salaries. When will they answer to us... FULL STORY »
I think HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius missed the big picture with her quote that state governments re-examine any WellPoint/Anthem rate increases. FULL STORY »
As an owner of a small durable medical equipment company, I was blessed to receive the new fee schedule from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama... FULL STORY »
By Michael Leavitt | November 21, 2011
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For generations, America's healthcare system rested upon a foundation of human compassion. Despite the fragmentation and inefficiency, our system of... FULL STORY »
By Dr. Gene Lindsey | October 14, 2011
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Given today's fragmented and wasteful healthcare delivery system, most agree on the need for a coordinated care model that aims to deliver greater... FULL STORY »
By Andy Carter | September 05, 2011
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The leader of post-acute services of a major hospital system in the Midwest was almost giddy with excitement in a recent meeting of her home... FULL STORY »
All of us in healthcare are straddling a roiling gulf of uncertainty as we transition between the disappearing past and a far different, but still... FULL STORY »
For the Catholic Health Association and our members, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is above all a promise. It is a promise to start... FULL STORY »
The national discussion surrounding accountable care organizations is heating up, and for good reason. At a policy level, we need to improve the... FULL STORY »
Please put summary hereI was recently asked to share my thoughts about the future of Medicare with the Senate Finance Committee. I thought the... FULL STORY »
By Richard Umbdenstock | April 11, 2011
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Clinical integration is not only good healthcare; it's good public policy. That is why hospitals all over the U.S. are committed to exploring new... FULL STORY »
As the CEO of a small community hospital, I am reminded daily of the frustrations set upon today's patients as our nation's healthcare system... FULL STORY »
By Emily Friedman | March 14, 2011
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To date, 13 lawsuits have been filed against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act since its passage nearly a year ago. The plaintiffs have... FULL STORY »
By Karen Davenport | February 07, 2011
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Before passage of our nation's new health reform law, the projected growth in the Medicare and Medicaid programs dwarfed other aspects of our... FULL STORY »
By Douglas Holtz-Eakin | February 07, 2011
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The healthcare overhaul law is bad medicine and bad economic policy. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was sold to the American people... FULL STORY »
n the depths of the Depression, former President Franklin Roosevelt called for “bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a... FULL STORY »
By Pete Domenici and Alice Rivlin | January 17, 2011
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America is at an economic crossroads. Our national debt is rising rapidly and nearing a crisis point. While there have been many contributing... FULL STORY »
Although game theory emerged decades ago, its continuing application to an ever broadening range of problem-solving and cognitive processes give it... FULL STORY »
By Bruce McPherson | December 11, 2010
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During the recent healthcare reform debate, all private health insurers were being vilified by some federal officials as unaccountable and greedy... FULL STORY »
By Ron Pollack | October 04, 2010
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Sept. 23, 2010, was a milestone date in the history of healthcare delivery in this nation. This date not only marked six months since the passage of... FULL STORY »
