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’Mystery shoppers’ to monitor access to docs
Alarmed by a shortage of primary care doctors, Obama administration officials are recruiting a team of "mystery...
GOP governors want leeway to cut Medicaid rolls
Republican governors are pressing the Obama administration to make it easier for states to cut Medicaid enrollment...
HHS trend scan will signal potential health IT breakthroughs
The Health and Human Services Department plans to develop and maintain a continuous scan of current and emerging...
Sebelius: Repealing healthcare law returns power to insurance companies
Repealing the new federal healthcare law will put power back in the hands of insurance companies and take away new...
Feds Propose Review of Health Insurance Rate Hikes
Starting in 2011, health insurers would have to publicly disclose and justify premium rate increases of 10% or higher...
Sebelius: Reform law boosts quality of care
  While most discussion of the new healthcare reform law has focused on insurance coverage, the law provides...
Web Exclusive: Is HHS Compromising with Insurers?
Last week HHS attempted to stem the recent trend among healthcare payers to drop "child only" health plans...
Web Exclusive: HHS Awards $49 Million to States for HIEs
The Department of Health and Human Services funding will help 48 states and the District of Columbia implement health...
Insurers take lead in EHR implementation
When the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced its final rules and regulations for meaningful use of...
The New IT Landscape For Health Insurers
Periodically, a dramatic change in an industry enables chief information officers to step up and play a decisive role...