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Rule shields health workers who withhold care based on beliefs
The Bush administration has granted sweeping new protections to health workers who refuse to provide care that violates...
Geography has role in Medicare cancer coverage
CyberKnife is a new but fast-growing radiation treatment for prostate cancer, and the chief selling point is that...
Senate, House Leadership discuss Medicare physician pay fix with Obama's healthcare team
Senate and House leaders, along with committee staffers, have been discussing with members of President-elect Barack...
SSA moves ahead on automated medical records retrieval
The Social Security Administration wants to develop a prototype of a system that would automatically pull information...
CMS releases 2009 OPPS final rule
Less restrictive conditions for coverage for ambulatory surgery centers, new composite APCs, and revised definitions...
National Provider Identifier requirement swells claim denials
A provision of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requiring healthcare providers to submit a...
Feds try to cut costs of hospital errors
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed adding dangerous blood clots in the leg and eight other...
CMS spares cardiac CTA reimbursement cuts
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced it has decided not to issue a national coverage...
Medicare offers overhaul of hospital reimbursing
A new proposal from Medicare would change the way it reimburses hospitals.
CMS Outlines Value-Based Program
CMS this week outlined its long-awaited value-based purchasing program proposal that would reduce diagnostic-related...