By Amanda Patanow on
11/29/2009
Citrus Health Care, which was under Medicare suspension all year, has been granted a reprieve for 2010 – in the nick of time.
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By Amanda Patanow on
11/22/2009
The Obama administration distanced itself Wednesday from new standards on breast cancer screening that were recommended this week by a federally appointed task force, saying government insurance programs would continue to cover routine mammograms for women starting at age 40.
As the task force recommendations stirred concern among women, and came under fire from lawmakers of both parties, the White House emphasized that they were not binding on either physicians or insurers. Administration officials also fired back against Republicans who argued that the recommendations illustrated the dangers of an expanded government role in medical decision making.
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By Amanda Patanow on
11/22/2009
More than 85,000 physicians and other eligible professionals who successfully reported quality-related data to Medicare under the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) received incentive payments totaling more than $92 million, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week, well above the $36 million paid in 2007
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By Amanda Patanow on
11/15/2009
In a big step forward in the use of electronic health records, Florida is preparing to make the health histories of 1.6 Medicaid patients accessible to 80,000 doctors, clinics and hospitals in the state on a secured-access system, one of the planners said Thursday.
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By Amanda Patanow on
11/15/2009
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Finance Committee and former Chairman of the Small Business Committee, introduced legislation to help family doctors modernize their patients’ records and prescriptions.
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By Amanda Patanow on
11/8/2009
The House on Saturday passed, by a 220-215 vote, historic health care overhaul legislation that would require virtually all Americans to obtain health insurance and create a government-run health insurance plan to help them do so.
If passed by the Senate, the bill would bring about the most sweeping changes in the American health care system since Medicare was created 44 years ago.
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