Politics front and center. Expect plenty of heated rhetoric from Washington, but election-year posturing and growing deficits make major new initiatives unlikely.
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Health Care Reform↗
Biomedical subjects
Tony Fong
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Necessary knowledge. Senators craft bill to create federal nurse database accessible to all employers.
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Databases, Factual↗
Calls to reform the reform. Democrats set out on difficult task: amending law.
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Aged↗
Wait 'til next year. Congress doesn't pass funding bill but extends benefits for mental health patients.
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Budgets↗
A new former title. Scully--regulator, cheerleader, cowboy--to quit as CMS chief before implementing reform bill.
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Administrative Personnel↗
After the storm. Medicare bill foes vow to overturn provisions.
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Overdue update. CMS to use PPS to reimburse psychiatric facilities.
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Won't back down. CMS sticking to inpatient rehabilitation proposal.
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Passing the power. Consider executive succession a continuous process, not a singular reaction.
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Chief Executive Officers, Hospital↗
Giving choice a chance. CMS extends its mandated quality data campaign to include home care.
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Silent treatment. Report: hospitals not telling patients about free care.
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Charities↗
Volunteer or else. Scully threatens mandatory quality reporting.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗
Mixing politics with pleasure. An AHA vice president organizes a fund-raiser for the Bush-Cheney campaign. Does this constitute a conflict of interest?
An American Hospital Association lobbyist's fund-raiser for the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign last week at Washington's Capitol Hill Club raised eyebrows, along with questions about the gray area between personal advocacy and the industry's political agenda. The AHA was not involved in the event, association officials say, but some observers remain skeptical.
American Hospital Association↗
Up in arms--for now. Rise in uninsured draws immediate reaction.
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Censuses↗
Committed commuter. MedPAC's chairman lives far from D.C., but he's never far removed from the business of Medicare.
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Health Care Reform↗
More, not better care. NCQA faults payment system for 'quality gaps'.
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Health Services Misuse↗
Either way ... you pay. Employers push big copays for hospital care.
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Cost Sharing↗
Period of reconciliation. House, Senate seek common ground on spending bills.
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Budgets↗