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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, October 10, 2011
Congressional support to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) program is growing, as 114 members of Congress signed a bipartisan letter to the deficit super committee asking it to repeal the unpopular Medicare physician payment system.
By: Cheryl Clark, October 10, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which usually conduct separate reviews of medical devices to determine safety, effectiveness, and whether they merit federal coverage, will test a parallel review process for innovative concepts.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, October 10, 2011
The healthcare sector is creating jobs at a pace not seen in four years—258,000 jobs through the first three quarters of 2011—and is responsible for nearly one in four new jobs in the overall economy so far this year, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
By: Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, October 7, 2011
If malaise is the future of our nation's hospitals, you wouldn't know it from the interest emanating from Wall Street. One theory that may explain the push to move cash into inpatient care through hospital and health system purchases says healthcare reform is the catalyst.
By: October 5, 2011
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