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Premier offers Congress its ideas for healthcare reform

 Healthcare Finance News Staff January 13, 2010
Premier healthcare alliance, which encompasses 2,300 not-for profit hospitals and health systems and more than 63,000 other healthcare organizations, addressed healthcare reform in a letter to Congressional leadership Jan. 12.
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Experts connect patient safety with medical liability reform

 Diana Manos December 11, 2009
At a forum organized by Common Good, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, held Thursday in Washington, DC, stakeholders and experts on medical liability issues discussed ways reform could lower healthcare costs in the U.S. and improve patient safety.
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FDA gets social: Considers regulating social media for drugs and devices

 Robin Strongin September 25, 2009
The FDA is holding a public hearing to discuss online promotion of FDA-regulated medical products – including prescription drugs, prescription biologics, and medical devices.
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Will insurance brokers survive health reform?

 Stephanie Cohen September 03, 2009
As an insurance broker in the metro Washington, DC area, I have been in the trenches of selling, and advocating for our customers for their small group health insurance, disability programs and life insurance plans for over 17 years.
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Healthcare reform coming out of Senate Finance?

 Robert Laszewski July 30, 2009
We’ve been getting lots of news these past few days leading to optimism that a bipartisan health care bill will soon emerge from discussions between the “Coalition of the Willing.” That term refers to the three Republicans and three Democrats trying to find common ground in the Senate Finance Committee.
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Reductions in long-term care federal funding could hurt community businesses

 Chelsey Ledue June 01, 2009
Any loss of federal funding could threaten local economies often dependent on long-term care facilities that serve as core contributors to business communities, according to a national coalition that advocates for community business and the long-term care industry.
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Health Reform: Will It Finally Happen?

 Holly Potter May 11, 2009
Nearly 20 years ago, I had the opportunity to spend a summer working with the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues. Of course, I was absolutely thrilled when they asked me to support the introduction of the Women's Health Equity Act. However, as I began to research the subject to prepare the fact sheets and advocacy materials to support the legislation, that excitement quickly turned to dismay.
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Area Seniors Rally to Support Medicare Advantage Health Plans

 Industry News Release April 28, 2009
Area senior and disabled members of Medicare Advantage plans today joined together for a rally to share stories about how they benefit from their health plans and voice their concerns about recently announced federal funding cuts, which are expected to result in higher plan premiums.
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American Medical Association announces staff reductions

 Richard Pizzi April 07, 2009
The American Medical Association is reducing its 2009 operating budget to offset declining revenues amid the ongoing economic downturn, and laying off 100 staff members.
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Actuaries Laud New President's Medicare and Social Security Message, Call for Bipartisan Solution

 Industry News Release January 21, 2009
The American Academy of Actuaries applauds President Barack Obama's pledge to address Social Security's and Medicare's long-term financial challenges and urges public policymakers to reach bipartisan solutions to ensure both programs' viability.
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Post-inauguration: Healthcare will be standing in line for attention

 Diana Manos January 19, 2009
With the nation's capital preparing for Tuesday’s inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, Congress has been busy pushing healthcare to the front of issues the new president will face on his first day in office.
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Economist calls on Obama to tackle universal healthcare now

 Bernie Monegain January 19, 2009
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has urged President Obama to make universal healthcare his biggest priority, second only to rescuing the economy.
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House approves funding and expansion of SCHIP

 Diana Manos January 15, 2009
The House passed a bill Wednesday to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), with the Senate scheduled to mark up a bill sometime Thursday.
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Study: Medicare for All reform would be major stimulus for economy

 Chelsey Ledue January 15, 2009
Establishing a national single-payer-style healthcare reform system would provide a major stimulus for the U.S. economy, according to the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association.
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Medicare extends CMHCB demonstration to save, improve care of high cost patients

Chelsey Ledue January 15, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has granted three-year extensions for three successful participants in the Care Management for High Cost Beneficiaries Demonstration.
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Gingrich: IT, best practices could make healthcare reform affordable

 Bernie Monegain January 15, 2009
Thousands of lives - and an estimated $400 billion in healthcare spending - could be saved by putting healthcare information technology to work and adopting best practices, said former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, the founder of the Center for Health Transformation.
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HHS issues final ICD-10 code sets, extends deadline by two years

 Diana Manos January 15, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released the long-awaited ICD-10 code set and set a new compliance date of Oct. 1, 2013.
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National eHealth Collaborative Launched

 Industry News Release January 09, 2009
Former American Health Information Community brings together public-private sector members to achieve nationwide electronic health information network
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SEIU Decision to Force Transfer of Long-Term Care Members Out of United Healthcare Workers Delayed

 Industry News Release January 09, 2009
Today, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Andy Stern convened a conference call of the SEIU International Executive Board to discuss the forced transfer of 65,000 nursing home and homecare members out of SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW), its third largest affiliate, but delayed the final decision until tomorrow.
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Robert Wood Johnson report calls for healthcare payment reform

 Richard Pizzi November 18, 2008
Healthcare is so expensive in the United States because we don't reimburse doctors and hospitals intelligently, according to a new report by the nonprofit Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement....
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