Medicare reform bill squeaks through House before recess. GOP wins support for legislation, but Democrat-led Senate is expected to consider its own drug bill.
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Biomedical subjects
Ed Lovern
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Medicare pay raise likely. But drug benefit probably won't pass this year.
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The Boston cleanup. Paul Levy earned a reputation by helping to restore the city's polluted harbor. Now his project is Beth Israel Deaconess.
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An attractive model. Hospital bets on unique financing plan to save itself.
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VA announces capital program.
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Health Facility Closure↗
State secrets. Congress plans hearings on Medicaid waivers.
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Healthcare's crown jewels. A looming 15% reduction in Medicare payments could tarnish the financial viability of teaching hospitals, studies say. Others, however, say they'll keep shining despite the scheduled cuts.
Though saddled with higher costs than other hospitals, teaching hospitals reap plump margins on Medicare. But that could change this fall. A volley of studies say a looming 15% cut in indirect medical education payments and disproportionate-share payments could threaten the financial viability of healthcare's crown jewels unless Congress reverses current law.
Education, Medical↗
The HHS posse. Whether it's shooting from the hip or keeping a low profile, Thompson, Scully and Rehnquist are riding a new trail in healthcare policymaking.
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Bioterrorism↗
Medicare inpatient hike met coldly.
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Attitude of Health Personnel↗
Good news for hospitals is bad news on payments. CMS report says hospitals doing fine, just as lawmakers reveal their prescription-drug plans.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗
Senators urge scrutiny of research on humans. Bipartisan proposal to call for revisions in federal oversight of widening field of biomedical testing.
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Guidelines as Topic↗
Good news not so good for healthcare lobbyists. As pols struggle with 'budget neutrality,' groups say hospitals, home health doing OK.
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Budgets↗
Hospitals accelerate spending on lobbying. With results such as the restoration of billions in balanced-budget law relief, nobody's complaining.
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American Hospital Association↗
Enough rope to hang yourself. Medicare improvements lessen chance for reforms.
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Financial Management↗
Too many voices. Group sees a need; others wonder what.
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Hospitals, Community↗
Out in the cold. A letter leaves hospitals to sacrifice for a physician update as the AMA backs off.
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American Hospital Association↗
Ready, aim, litigate. AHA takes feds to court to stop HHS from eliminating Medicaid loophole.
The American Hospital Association and several other groups are doing their best to stop HHS from eliminating the upper payment limit loophole, and the AHA is even suing HHS, but time is running out for the payment plan worth $27 billion over the next 10 years to State Medicaid programs. This is only the fourth time in the past decade that the AHA has sued the federal government.
American Hospital Association↗