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Web Exclusive: Rural Hospitals Fight to Block $16B in Federal Cuts
As political power players in Washington continue to bicker and wrangle over the country's debt ceiling crisis, rural...
Obama aministration shelves doctor ’mystery shoppers’ plan
The Obama administration said Tuesday that it had shelved plans for a survey in which "mystery shoppers" posing as...
Web Exclusive: Senate Delays SGR Cuts One Month
Medicare's 25% physician pay cut scheduled to take effect Dec. 1 has been postponed for another 30 days, until Jan...
States waiting on Congress for extra Medicaid funds, COBRA subsidies could be gone for good
A Senate effort to extend federal help to states struggling with swelling Medicaid rolls hit a road...
Florida doctors to consider splitting ties with AMA over healthcare reform
The Florida Medical Association is scheduled to consider the issue at its annual meeting next month. The House of...
CBO: Public health option would save $68B through 2020
Creating a public option that all Americans could choose would save $68 billion through 2020, according to a new...
Web Exclusive: Senate Gives Doc Fix Six Month Reprieve, But 21% Cuts Go Into Effect Today
The U.S. Senate reached an 11th hour deal today and unanimously agreed to extend a $6.4 billion temporary "doc...
Looming Medicare Pay Cuts May Be Unavoidable, Says AAFP
A leading primary care physicians association is warning its members that Congress, bogged down by partisan...
House Postpones Medicare Payment Cut Until March
Looking to wrap up a variety of end-of-session items Wednesday, the House of Representatives incorporated into its $636...
Vote on Medicare payment cuts divides Democrats
The Senate on Wednesday voted down a measure that would have permanently prevented Medicare payment cuts to doctors...