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Status Update on Reform Law’s Temporary High Risk Pools

The SCOTUS announced yesterday that it will not fast track a Virginia…

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Key ACA Provision Regarding Medicare Spending Oversight Finds Many Foes

Recent concerns of two members of congress have upped the ante in…

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Congresswoman’s Staff Renews Call for Funding of Care for Complex Head Injuries

Sometimes it only takes a troubling incident — which is then propelled…

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Report: Branded Drug Use Sharply Down, Generics Way Up

A healthcare informatics company issues a report today that I really do…

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Berwick Critical of Obama’s Approach to Medicare Spending

CMS chief, Don Berwick, has often taken a measured approach to policy…

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EMTALA: History Repeats Itself

Hard to believe it’s been 25 years. In the spring of 1986,…

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Obama’s Deficit Plan Counters Ryan’s Doctrines

The president is proposing a mix of mechanisms in order to bring…

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Missouri Argues Against Constitutionality of Reform Law

Election year posturing, or genuine beef? The Missouri attorney general, a Democrat,…

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Medicare Data Access Provides Payment Transparency

It’s got bipartisan support, and it would call for transparency the amount…

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Paul Ryan Urges Major Reshaping of Medicare Sustainability

Now that most of the drama surrounding a possible government shutdown has…

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