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The first three LSU hospital privatization deals appear to use up 94% of the funding Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration set aside for eight such arrangements, budget analysts told senators.
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Falling closely in line with the Obama administration's analysis last month, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the policies in President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal would reduce Medicare spending by about $364 billion over 10 years, compared with the...
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With states bracing for rapid enrollment growth in their Medicaid programs, HHS' inspector general's office has given state-based fraud-control units more power to use sophisticated data-analysis tools to recover an estimated $60 million in the next decade.
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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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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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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 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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The Republican-controlled Arizona Senate passed a state budget that includes expansion of the state Medicaid program.
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The chairmen of two House Ways and Means subcommittees this week pressed HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to address privacy concerns regarding workers who will help consumers buy health coverage through state insurance exchanges.
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The GAO reported that 91% of hospitals paid by Medicare receive some dispensation or add-on to the program's standard payment system.
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