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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, June 17, 2011
A coalition of medical imaging organizations and patients' advocacy groups is asking the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to reconsider its call for reduced reimbursements and prior authorization for imaging services.
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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, June 17, 2011
Former Senators Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Judd Gregg (R-NH), displayed divergent views of health insurance reform in remarks to the America's Health Insurance Plans annual conference.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, June 17, 2011
The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare grew 5.39% over the 12 months ending in April 2011, continuing an 11-month deceleration of cost growth, Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Indices show.
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By: Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, June 13, 2011
Health reform legislation will greatly reduce the number of uninsured. Though it’s difficult to predict how that might affect nonprofits’ bottom lines, with states and the feds hungry for revenue, nonprofits’ tax exemptions will certainly face future scrutiny.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, June 16, 2011
Sandra Schneider, MD, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians and a working emergency department physician is passionate about the need for process changes in the ED "because I'm the one who has to watch patients die."
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By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, June 16, 2011
The Senate Finance Committee is looking into physician-owned distributorships, signaling what may be an all-out government assault on the highly controversial practice. Or the whole thing may fall flat, depending on the politics of Capitol Hill, where regulators have examined the POD issue before.
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By: June 13, 2011
Date: June 23, 2011
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By: June 13, 2011
Date: August 16, 2011
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