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New Poll Shows Support Slipping Again For Healthcare Reform Law
(Matching tags: healthcare reform) After bumping up in a July poll, public support for the healthcare reform law in a new poll is back to its May levels, according to a report by Kaiser Health News. ... -
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Healthcare Reform Opponents Rev Up Ad Campaigns for November Elections
(Matching tags: healthcare reform) A political group affiliated with former top GOP officials is airing more than $2 million in TV ads against politicians such as Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), who is running ... -
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White House Lists 10 Ways Health Reform Will Reshape Practice of Medicine
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,accountable care organization) Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, and colleagues listed 10 ways they believe the healthcare reform law would reshape the practice of medicine in an article in the ... -
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COBRA Subsidy, Unlikely to be Extended, Improved Coverage for Unemployed
(Matching tags: COBRA extension,healthcare reform) Thanks to a very generous federal subsidy of COBRA insurance payments for the unemployed, which ended on May 31, COBRA enrollment of employees laid off by large companies more than doubled, according to ... -
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Hundreds of Applicants Apply for New Illinois Risk Pool in First Few Hours
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,high-risk pools) Illinois authorities said 370 applications were submitted for the state's Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan in just the first few hours of submissions, according to a report by the Chicago Sun-Tim -
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HHS Releases $32M to Improve Rural Health
(Matching tags: HHS,rural health,healthcare reform) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced more than $32 million in funds have been released to increase access to healthcare in rural areas. ... -
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Pro-Reform Lobbyists Redrafting Message as Polls Show Increasing Interest as Election Issue
(Matching tags: healthcare reform) Lobbying groups backing healthcare reform are abandoning claims that the new law would reduce the deficit and are now stressing promises to "improve" the deficit, according to a report by the Hill. ... -
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8 New Taxes Coming From ObamaCare
(Matching tags: ObamaCare,Blake Curd,healthcare reform) ... as a result of the healthcare reform law. ... -
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Health Insurer Trade Group Spends Big on Lobbying Even After Reform Passes
(Matching tags: lobbying,AHIP,healthcare reform) America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group of health insurers, spent $2.3 million on lobbying in the second quarter of 2010, which covers the three months immediately following the passing of healthcare ... -
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Large Employers Begin Revising Health Plans to Align With Reform, Many Raising Employee Contributions
(Matching tags: health plans,healthcare reform) A majority of large U.S. employers are moving forward with plans to make changes to their 2011 health care benefit programs in the wake of both health reform and expected large health benefit cost increases ... -
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State Insurance Commissioners Approve Medical Loss Ratio Guidelines
(Matching tags: medical loss ratio,healthcare reform) The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has approved guidelines for implementing new provisions for medical loss ratios under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an ... -
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Florida Medical Association Votes "No Confidence" in AMA Over its Handling of Reform
(Matching tags: American Medical Association,healthcare reform) The Florida Medical Association voted over the weekend to send a letter to the American Medical Association expressing its concern over the organization's stance on healthcare reform. ... -
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HHS Awards $46M in Grants to Crack Down on Unreasonable Insurance Rate Hikes
(Matching tags: insurance rate hikes,healthcare reform) HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced grant awards of $46 million, made available through the Affordable Care Act, to 45 states and the District of Columbia to help improve oversight of insurance ... -
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Arizona Congressmen Join Suit Against Healthcare Reform Law
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,health reform lawsuit) Three Republican Congressmen from Arizona — Jeff Flake, Trent Franks and John Shadegg — have joined a lawsuit filed by the Goldwater Institute, a conservative think tank, against the healthcare reform ... -
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Compliance With Health Reform Law Could Cost Insurers More Than Expected
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,health insurers,Weiss Ratings) A study by Weiss Ratings, a provider of independent insurance company ratings, suggests that compliance with the new healthcare reform law could cost insurers more than previously expected, according to ... -
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HHS Announces $250M in Grants for New Primary Care "Access Points"
(Matching tags: primary care,HHS,healthcare reform) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the availability of up to $250 million in grants for "new access points" for the delivery of primary healthcare services ... -
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House Sends $16B in Federal Medicaid Assistance to President for Signature
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Medicaid expansion) With House approval secured, a $16 billion package of enhanced federal Medicaid payments to states is being sent to President Obama for his signature, according to a report by Kaiser Health News. -
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GAO Reports Finds CMS Inconsistent in Reviewing State Medicaid Rates
(Matching tags: Medicaid,healthcare reform) A recent report by the Government Accountability Office found that CMS has been inconsistent in reviewing states' Medicaid rates to ensure they are compliant and actuarially sound. -
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ASC Physicians Identify 14 Stories Which Will Shape the Second Half of 2010
(Matching tags: Joe Wieck,Jason Lockette,Michael Redler,ASC industry,Ken Pettine,healthcare reform) 1. Entering uncertain times. "Healthcare in general faces a great deal of uncertainty," says Michael Redler, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Surgery Center of Fairfield County in Bridgeport, Conn. "We ... -
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Healthcare Reform Law Will Extend Medicare Solvency by 12 Years
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Medicare) Medicare trustees said Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund would last until 2029, 12 years longer than trustees projected last year, due to cost-saving measures in the healthcare reform law, according ... -
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4 Predictions on How Reform Will Affect ASCs by Dr. Ken Pettine
(Matching tags: Ken Pettine,healthcare reform,ASC industry) Ken Pettine, MD, a spine surgeon who co-owns the Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center, a three-OR ASC specializing in orthopedic and spine surgery, offers four predictions on how healthcare reform will affect ... -
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Senate Set to Approve $16 Billion in Medicaid Funds for States
(Matching tags: Medicaid funding,healthcare reform) The U.S. Senate cleared a decisive hurdle toward passage of $16 billion in federal assistance for state Medicaid programs in a 61-38 cloture vote defeating a Republican-led filibuster, according to Kaiser ... -
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Healthcare Reform Impact on ASC Pain Management: Q&A With Amy Mowles of Mowles Medical Practice Management
(Matching tags: Amy Mowles,pain management,healthcare reform) Q: How is healthcare reform likely to impact the pain management component of my ASC? ... -
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ACOs, Reduced Readmissions, Other Reforms Would Save Medicare $418 billion by 2019
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,CMS,Medicare savings) Provisions in the healthcare law to introduce efficiencies, combat fraud and reduce payments in the Medicare program are expected to save $7.8 billion through next year and $418 billion by 2019, according ... -
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North Carolina's Medicaid Program Suggests Medical Homes Improve Care
(Matching tags: medical home,North Carolina,Medicaid,healthcare reform) Proponents for North Carolina-based Community Care say the care management model could improve Medicaid care, according to an article by American Medical News. -
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5 Financial Implications Healthcare Reform Will Have on ASCs From Andrew Hayek of the ASC Advocacy Committee
(Matching tags: ASC industry,Andrew Hayek,ASC Advocacy Committee,Surgical Care Affiliates,healthcare reform) Andrew Hayek, president and CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates and chairman of the ASC Advocacy Committee, discusses five key ways the healthcare reform law will affect ASCs. ... -
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CMS Chief Could Face Hearings Despite Recess Appointment
(Matching tags: Donald Berwick,healthcare reform) Both Congressional and Senate Republican leaders are calling for hearings with the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Chief Donald Berwick, MD, despite his appointment by President Obama ... -
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Florida Medical Association Considering Split from AMA Due to Support for Healthcare Reform
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,FMA,AMA) The Florida Medical Association will discuss cutting ties with the American Medical Association at its annual meeting next month due to the AMA's support of the healthcare reform package, which was passed ... -
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HHS Committee to Examine Provider Shortages and Underserved Areas
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,HPSA) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appointed 28 individuals to a new committee that will review and update the criteria used to define medically underserved areas ... -
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Texas Hospital Implements "Care Transitions" Initiative to Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates
(Matching tags: transition coaches,care transitions,Scott and White,healthcare reform) Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare has implemented a "care transitions" initiative designed to keeping readmission rates low, according to a report by U.S. News and World Report. ... -
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Plastic Surgeon Steven Robinson Lists 4 Top Concerns for His Multispecialty ASC
(Matching tags: ASC recruitment,healthcare reform,Steven Robinson) Steven L. Robinson, MD, FACS, a board member at Riverside Outpatient Surgery Center, a six-OR multispecialty ASC in Columbus, Ohio, comments on four of his top concerns. Dr. Robinson is a board-certified ... -
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New Healthcare Law Creates New Obstacles for Federal Task Force
(Matching tags: USPSTF,lobbying,healthcare reform) President Obama's new healthcare overhaul is creating a huge political obstacle for the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, according to a news report by Kaiser Health News. ... -
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Senate Hearings on New CMS Chief Would Have Exposed Restrictive Nature of ObamaCare
(Matching tags: Don Berwick,CMS,healthcare reform) Appointing Don Berwick, MD, as CMS administrator without Senate confirmation helped the Obama administration avoid debate on the restrictive nature of the healthcare reform law, as personified by Dr. Berwick ... -
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Massachusetts Reform 'Train Wreck' Shows Fatal Flaws in Obama Care
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Massachusetts,universal coverage,insurance mandate) Massachusetts's healthcare reform law, now in a "train wreck," shows the fatal flaws of the federal healthcare reform law because the two are basically the same legislation, according to an opinion piece ... -
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Berwick to Become CMS Administrator Without Senate Confirmation
(Matching tags: Donald Berwick,CMS,healthcare reform) President Obama said he intends to use the current Congressional recess to appoint Donald Berwick, MD, as administrator of CMS without confirmation by the Senate, according to a report by Forbes. -
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Industry Gifts Don’t Bother Many Physicians, Surgeons in Particular
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,employed physicians) In a survey, more than 70 percent of physicians found industry-sponsored lunches for physicians appropriate and 25 percent said accepting large gifts from industry representatives was also appropriate, ... -
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Medicaid Expansion to Cost Ohio $1.45B
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Medicaid expansion) The expansion of state Medicaid programs required under health reform law will cost Ohio an estimated $1.45 billion, according to a report by the Columbus Dispatch. -
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Governors Urge Senate to Pass Medicaid Enhancement to Avert Reimbursement Cuts
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Medicaid reform) The National Governors Association is asking the U.S. Senate to extend enhanced federal Medicaid funding to the states and avert further cuts in state Medicaid spending, according to an NGA letter to Democratic ... -
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Congressional Logjam on Fee Fix Continues
(Matching tags: healthcare reform) The 21.3 percent physician fee cut is in its 23rd day because the House and Senate continue to disagree on fee fix legislation, as Congress heads toward its July 4 recess in 1½ weeks, according to a report ... -
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Connecticut Becomes First State to Expand Medicaid Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Medicaid) Connecticut is the first state in the nation to permanently add low-income, childless adults to its Medicaid program as permitted by the Affordable Care Act, according to a news release by the U.S. Department ... -
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States Poised to Cut Medicaid Next Year Due Lack of Senate Action
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,surgery center operations) If the Senate fails to approve $24 billion in enhanced Medicaid funding for the states, cash-strapped state Medicaid programs would likely be forced to cut funding to hospitals, physicians and other providers ... -
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Modest Gain in Public Support for Healthcare Reform, Still Not a Majority
(Matching tags: healthcare reform) An Associated Press poll in May found 45 percent of Americans supported the healthcare reform law and 42 percent opposed it, up from 39 percent supporting and 46 percent opposing the law in an AP poll ... -
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Senate Fails to Pass Fee Fix; Claims Processing Under 21.3% Cut Begins Today
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,practice management,physician fee fix) The Senate failed to pass a six-month fee fix as part of its jobless benefits package, which needed 60 votes to pass but received only 56, according to a report by the Washington Post. -
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MedPAC Report Ponders Ways to Improve Quality, Lower Costs
(Matching tags: healthcare reform) The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's new report to Congress discussed several ways to improve quality and lower costs in the Medicare program. -
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HHS Allocates $250M to Train New Primary Care Providers
(Matching tags: healthcare reform) The Department of Health and Human Services has allocated $250 million of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act funds to expand the primary care workforce, according to a report by AHA News Now. -
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Physician Fee Cut to Start Friday, Following Senate's Decisive Defeat of Fee Fix, Other Spending Provisions
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,physician fee fix) Implementation of the 21.3 percent cut in Medicare physician fees is due to kick in on Friday, following a lopsided defeat of the fee fix provision in the Senate Wednesday, as part of a package extending ... -
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Medicare beneficiaries Getting Checks for Uncovered Drug Costs
(Matching tags: Medicare,healthcare reform,Medicare Part D,donut hole) As part of the health reform law, Medicare Part D beneficiaries with large drug payments are getting $250 checks from CMS to cover a previous gap in Medicare payments, dubbed the "donut hole," according ... -
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Daschle, Kennedy Widow to Head $125M Campaign Boosting Reform Law
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Kennedy,Daschle,reform law) Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Victoria Kennedy, the widow of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, will be named co-chairmen of a $125 million campaign to defend the health reform law, according to ... -
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CMS Releases Q&A on Accountable Care Organizations
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,CMS,accountable care organizations,ACOs) The CMS Office of Legislation has released a document explaining some basic facts about accountable care organizations, new umbrella groups of providers to receive extra payments for coordinating inpatient ... -
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Health Law's Controversial Payment Board Holds Promise But May Backfire
(Matching tags: Medicare,healthcare reform,reimbursement) The Independent Payment Advisory Board created by the health reform law is a promising way to preserve the Medicare program and halt skyrocketing medical inflation, but it may not elicit its expected savings ...
