Government content from 2008
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December
- » Health plans will guarantee coverage, if insurance is mandated - Dec. 29
- » Patient privacy at stake in Ohio abortion case - Dec. 29
- » Health IT near top of Democrats' agenda for 2009 - Dec. 29
- » Feature: Running out of patches? Options for fixing the Medicare pay crisis - Dec. 29
- » Brief: Budget cuts reducing state health coverage - Dec. 29
- » Brief: Cover Florida program begins - Dec. 29
- » Federal court dismisses New Jersey suit over SCHIP limits - Dec. 22
- » CMS proposes no-pay rules for 3 surgical errors - Dec. 22
- » Brief: Illinois medical clinic antitrust suit settles - Dec. 22
- » Brief: Obama seeks input on health reform - Dec. 22
- » Medicare e-prescribing: How to receive your 2% bonus - Dec. 15
- » Medical homes get boost in Louisiana Medicaid reform effort - Dec. 15
- » Courts in 2 states rule on reach of HIPAA in medical liability cases - Dec. 15
- » Brief: Health is 8th-most-reported topic - Dec. 15
- » Brief: Tort reform advocates talk health courts - Dec. 15
- » HHS sets rules for confidential medical error reporting system - Dec. 15
- » Obama taps former Senate chief Daschle to head HHS - Dec. 8
- » Health care fraud still a key target of federal False Claims Act - Dec. 8
- » Medicaid pay delays found to squeeze access - Dec. 8
- » Brief: Few HIPAA complaints lead to reforms, report shows - Dec. 8
- » Brief: Rep. Waxman to chair key House panel - Dec. 8
- » Senate gets early start on health reform plan - Dec. 8
- » Court rejects Medicare limits on Part B drug pay - Dec. 1
- » Feature: Pushing past the placebo: Legislating for a new kind of clinical trials - Dec. 1
- » Brief: Illinois court delays order to halt expanded health coverage - Dec. 1
- » Cost seen as biggest obstacle to employer-offered insurance - Dec. 1
November
- » CMS criticized for lax enforcement of HIPAA security rules - Nov. 24
- » Medicare finalizes 1.1% pay raise, bonus criteria - Nov. 24
- » Brief: New rules for Medicare brokers - Nov. 24
- » Obama win accelerates drive for health system reform - Nov. 24
- » Uninsured patients not driving ED overcrowding, study says - Nov. 17
- » Rhode Island seeks Medicaid overhaul, cap on spending - Nov. 17
- » Brief: San Francisco employer mandate challenged - Nov. 17
- » AMA survey results: Medicare rated as poor performer during debut of pay-for-reporting - Nov. 17
- » Pennsylvania health system reform hits snag over coverage, liability help - Nov. 10
- » Hospital can share P4P bonus with physicians, OIG says - Nov. 10
- » Brief: Calif. high court leaves medical marijuana statute intact - Nov. 10
- » Brief: States may see more budget shortfalls - Nov. 10
- » Brief: Cutting back on care - Nov. 10
- » Lack of interest derails Medicare B drug program - Nov. 10
- » Feature: When incentives lack appeal: Medicaid reform meets confusion, skepticism - Nov. 3
- » Brief: Florida offers new plans to uninsured - Nov. 3
- » Brief: Senators want employer health spending disclosed - Nov. 3
- » Brief: New law cracks down on illegal Internet pharmacies - Nov. 3
- » Brief: Lawsuit targets Okla. abortion law - Nov. 3
- » Brief: Medicaid spending on the rise - Nov. 3
- » Slow adoption of e-prescribing forces Medicare to try hard sell - Nov. 3
- » Caught unaware, doctors get delay in FTC enforcement of ID theft rules - Nov. 3
October
- » Court upholds San Francisco employer insurance mandate - Oct. 27
- » Doctor faces tight congressional race in attempt to keep Maryland's Eastern Shore red - Oct. 27
- » Brief: Feds crack down on Medicare fraud in Florida - Oct. 27
- » Mental health coverage to see boost as long-sought parity law is enacted - Oct. 27
- » Trend of Medicaid pay increases is expected to end as states struggle - Oct. 20
- » New waiver continues Massachusetts health insurance pools - Oct. 20
- » Illinois court rejects plan for expanding health coverage - Oct. 20
- » Brief: Michigan doctors oppose medical marijuana - Oct. 20
- » Brief: Calif. governor vetoes insurance bill - Oct. 20
- » Brief: Medicare names permanent RACs - Oct. 20
- » Medicare premiums stable - Oct. 20
- » Doctors decry payment delays after Medicare overhauls carrier system - Oct. 13
- » Court dismisses Arkansas specialty hospital's lawsuit - Oct. 13
- » Premiums for job-offered health insurance up 5% this year - Oct. 13
- » Baucus previews uninsured debate for next Congress - Oct. 13
- » Brief: ADA expansion becomes law - Oct. 13
- » Brief: Mississippi plugs Medicaid budget hole - Oct. 13
- » Brief: Pa. physicians call for medical liability relief - Oct. 13
- » House EHR bill mixes Medicare physician bonuses with cuts - Oct. 6
- » Certificate-of-need law in Illinois slammed by feds, AMA - Oct. 6
- » As elections near, AMA spotlights uninsured issue - Oct. 6
- » Brief: Kentucky leaders seek higher SCHIP enrollment - Oct. 6
- » Brief: Whistle-blower activity on the rise for health care fraud - Oct. 6
- » Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors - Oct. 6
September
- » Hospital loses latest fight over tax-exempt status - Sept. 22
- » Employer health insurance mandate on Colorado ballot - Sept. 22
- » Revised language in proposed HHS rule still bolsters abortion conscience laws - Sept. 22
- » Brief: Florida insurance initiative attracts 9 proposals - Sept. 22
- » Brief: California court validates medical marijuana statute - Sept. 22
- » Doctors must accept arbitration in Missouri price-fixing case - Sept. 15
- » CMS delays enforcing limits on SCHIP funding - Sept. 15
- » Oct. 1 deadline looms for 3 Medicaid prescription security features - Sept. 15
- » Medicare greatly underestimated DME fraud, oversight agency says - Sept. 15
- » Brief: Health care ad calls for reform - Sept. 15
- » Uninsured tally dips to 45.7 million, with more covered by government - Sept. 15
- » Physician ties to medical device firms probed - Sept. 8
- » CMS calls for transition to ICD-10 codes in 3 years - Sept. 8
- » Brief: Arizona referendum would ban individual mandates - Sept. 8
- » Practices hit Medicare P4P quality targets, but bonuses still fall short - Sept. 8
- » Feature: Campaign case report: What Obama and McCain pledge to do about the health system - Sept. 1
- » Massachusetts law requires drug firm gift details, uniform billing codes - Sept. 1
- » Georgia Medicaid program challenged in courts - Sept. 1
- » Brief: Federal appeals court to re-decide constitutionality of Virginia abortion ban - Sept. 1
- » Hispanics' lack of medical home goes beyond access, insurance - Sept. 1
August
- » Medicare buoyed by demo success after audits collect $700 million - Aug. 25
- » House Democrats silence Medicare alarm, but long-term funding still unresolved - Aug. 25
- » Brief: Legislation targets Medicare ID theft - Aug. 25
- » Brief: Liability costs for volunteers eyed - Aug. 25
- » Final Medicare no-pay rule targets 10 hospital-acquired conditions - Aug. 25
- » Ruling puts South Dakota abortion consent law into effect - Aug. 18
- » Medicare DME bidding program on hold - Aug. 18
- » Brief: Calif. doctors get Medicaid setback - Aug. 18
- » Brief: Senators propose center to compare treatment effectiveness - Aug. 18
- » SCHIP eligibility limits to take effect - Aug. 11
- » Georgia doctors sue for access to United's contracts with state plan - Aug. 11
- » Disagreements slow progress on biogenerics legislation - Aug. 11
- » Brief: Medicare pays more for drugs than Medicaid - Aug. 11
- » More New Jersey parents eligible for SCHIP - Aug. 4
- » Former Senate leaders join forces on health system reform - Aug. 4
- » Dead doctors' IDs used to bilk Medicare - Aug. 4
- » Brief: HHS imposes first HIPAA sanctions - Aug. 4
- » Brief: Miss. scheduled to cut Medicaid physician pay - Aug. 4
- » E-prescribers see Medicare bonus, but late adopters will face pay cut - Aug. 4
July
- » House bill seeks to speed up adoption of health IT systems - July 28
- » Supreme Court tightens scope of False Claims Act - July 28
- » Brief: Partnership unveils health system reform principles - July 28
- » Brief: Pa. liability premium assistance program lapses - July 28
- » Brief: Coalition targets health care fraud - July 28
- » Medicare 10.6% pay cut reversed as Congress overrides Bush veto - July 28
- » Despite tax debts, Medicare still pays - July 28
- » Medicare launches personal health records for South Carolina residents - July 21
- » 6 rules cutting Medicaid delayed until 2009 - July 21
- » Suit aims to block Hawaii's plan to shift blind, elderly, disabled on Medicaid into managed care - July 21
- » Settlement proposed in Medicaid/Part D case - July 21
- » Brief: Pharmacies join legal battle to stop Calif. Medicaid cuts - July 21
- » Brief: AMA, AHIP run competing ads on Medicare physician pay cut - July 21
- » Health care access problems surge among insured Americans - July 21
- » Criminal HIPAA case targets employee, not clinic, for breach - July 14
- » New Medicare hospice rules aim to boost physicians' role - July 14
- » Brief: Feds step up health care fraud actions - July 14
- » Brief: Mayors embrace single-payer system - July 14
- » Brief: Southwest has highest uninsured rate - July 14
- » Medicare double-delay: Senate fails to act, CMS holds physician claims - July 14
- » CMS selects communities for Medicare EHR bonus pilot project - July 7
- » Colorado adopts doctor rating standards, health system reforms - July 7
- » Feature: Medicare audit overreach? Doctors think so, but audits aren't going away - July 7
- » Brief: Conn. governor vetoes coverage expansion - July 7
- » Brief: Parental notification on California ballot - July 7
- » Brief: Medicare physician pay vote comes up short - July 7
- » The young and the uninsured - July 7
June
- » Texas IPA's contract talks are price-fixing, appeals court rules - June 23
- » Most in Massachusetts met individual insurance mandate - June 23
- » Senators split on plans to avert pay cuts - June 23
- » Brief: House adopts health center funding - June 23
- » Brief: Popular Medicare drug plans up their premiums - June 23
- » Brief: Medicare private fee-for-service keeps growing - June 23
- » Brief: Congress narrowly adopts budget plan with no Medicaid, Medicare cuts - June 23
- » Minnesota adopts bill creating medical homes - June 16
- » Illinois Medicaid paid physicians too slowly, state audit says - June 16
- » Group issues final definitions for health IT terminology - June 16
- » Brief: MedPAC names new members - June 16
- » Brief: Senate bill would block rules cutting Medicaid spending - June 16
- » Brief: Massachusetts reforms reduce uninsured rate by almost half - June 16
- » Brief: CMS implements NPI deadline - June 16
- » EMTALA flexibility proposed to relieve on-call shortages - June 16
- » Study: Spending more on Medicare doesn't raise satisfaction - June 16
- » Help at hand for poor patients' Medicare prescription drug costs - June 9
- » Law prohibits employer and insurer genetic discrimination - June 9
- » California doctors sue to block Medicaid cuts - June 9
- » Brief: Offset health IT costs with higher payments, ACP says - June 9
- » Brief: Medicaid funding cut rule blocked - June 9
- » Organized medicine calls on court to block Nevada health plan merger - June 9
- » Louisiana Senate passes liability protections for disaster responders - June 2
- » Florida passes bill to boost private health coverage for uninsured - June 2
- » Feature: Individual health insurance: Are mandates ready for prime time? - June 2
- » Brief: AAP backs bill to block SCHIP directive - June 2
- » Brief: Schwarzenegger proposes deeper cuts - June 2
- » Brief: Medicare EMR demo attracts interest - June 2
- » Brief: Tennessee adopts liability reforms - June 2
- » Higher Medicare pay earmarked for practices in medical home trial - June 2
May
- » White House asks for Medicare bill by mid-June - May 26
- » Newest doctor on the Hill hopes to boost focus on the uninsured - May 26
- » Brief: Illinois debates medical marijuana legislation - May 26
- » Brief: Bush administration suggests more flexible SCHIP limits - May 26
- » Doctors still can try for bonuses as Medicare expands quality reporting - May 26
- » Feature: EMR deadline does not compute: Falling short of 2014 goals - May 19
- » Brief: Georgia law lifts requirements on general surgery centers - May 19
- » Brief: 200 million children younger than 5 worldwide lack basic health care - May 19
- » Brief: Report: 12 million uninsured are eligible for public coverage - May 19
- » Brief: Most docs want health system reform - May 19
- » Brief: Medicare to cover artificial hearts - May 19
- » Brief: Stakeholders support mandatory electronic prescribing in Medicare - May 19
- » After 13 years, Congress OKs genetic bias ban - May 19
- » Medicare health plan pay headed up - May 19
- » CMS seeks to add 9 hospital-acquired conditions to no-pay list - May 12
- » Rulings limit patients' ability to sue device firms, drugmakers - May 12
- » Brief: Study finds need for almost 41,000 more health IT staff - May 12
- » Brief: Paid family leave bill introduced in House - May 12
- » Brief: S.D. ballot to include abortion ban question - May 12
- » Brief: House adopts bill to block Medicaid cuts - May 12
- » NPI deadline: Insurers won't pay claims with old IDs after May 23 - May 12
- » AMA urges more safeguards in federal patient safety rules - May 5
- » State-by-state analysis ties lack of insurance to earlier death - May 5
- » GAO: CMS violated law with SCHIP eligibility directive - May 5
- » MedPAC advises raising primary care pay - May 5
- » Brief: Massachusetts EMR project extended - May 5
- » Brief: CMS offers $50 million in grants to boost primary care access - May 5
- » Brief: Specialty hospital ban dropped - May 5
- » Practice trends influencing charity care - May 5
April
- » New York awards $105 million in health IT projects - April 28
- » Medicare disease-management pilot faces closure over costs - April 28
- » House panel OKs bill to delay Medicaid cuts - April 28
- » Brief: NIH says Social Security data on stolen laptop - April 28
- » Brief: Mass. reform board raises health plan affordability standards - April 28
- » Part D standards aim to encourage e-prescribing - April 28
- » Stolen laptop compromises privacy of NIH study subjects - April 21
- » Court blocks broad subpoena of patient records - April 21
- » More physicians backing national coverage -- study - April 21
- » Physicians press lawmakers to stop Medicare pay cuts - April 21
- » Brief: Physician-owned hospital wins antitrust settlements - April 21
- » Brief: U.S. senators introduce two association health bills - April 21
- » Brief: Federal court rejects Illinois abortion consent law - April 21
- » ACOG may redo abortion conscience policy - April 14
- » Pennsylvania House bill expands subsidized plans, phases out liability fund - April 14
- » Federal court rejects challenge of abortion-refusal law - April 14
- » Brief: Eligibility increasing for public health care programs - April 14
- » Brief: Pa. governor establishes electronic health information exchange - April 14
- » Latest Medicare projections renew alarm on long-term sustainability - April 14
- » Massachusetts hikes premiums for state-subsidized health plans by 10% - April 7
- » Uniform IT definitions proposed to promote understanding - April 7
- » Florida Supreme Court lifts past peer review confidentiality - April 7
- » Employer mandates hit legal snag, states continue to search for options - April 7
- » Brief: Medicaid rules draw opposition - April 7
- » Brief: Massachusetts physicians call for state medical liability reforms - April 7
- » Brief: CMS seeks doctors' opinions on Medicare carriers - April 7
- » Medicare pay bill: Raises to replace cuts through 2009 - April 7
March
- » Physicians face Medicaid's April 1 deadline for tamper-proof Rx pads - March 24
- » Colorado Senate OKs increase, changes to state's liability cap - March 24
- » House passes mental health parity bill - March 24
- » Brief: States say Medicaid rules could cost them $50 billion - March 24
- » Brief: Army makes progress in helping disabled soldiers - March 24
- » Brief: Economy trumps war, health care in voter poll - March 24
- » Brief: Senate passes Indian Health Service bill with physician bonuses - March 24
- » Physicians can become entangled in DME fraud - March 17
- » Senate hearing questions doctors' ties to medical device makers - March 17
- » Medicare quality reporting called a promising start - March 17
- » Brief: ACP calls for more research on medical marijuana - March 17
- » Brief: DEA develops e-prescribing rules - March 17
- » Brief: CMS sees steady health spending rise - March 17
- » Brief: Medicare claims must now have an NPI - March 17
- » MedPAC report adds momentum to push for 2009 Medicare pay hike - March 17
- » House passes partial forgiveness for medical student loans - March 10
- » California reverses course, adopts 10% physician Medicaid pay cut - March 10
- » Health reform update: Transparency hot, state mandates not - March 10
- » Brief: Medicare P4P project offered improved quality but few financial rewards - March 10
- » Brief: CMS urges applications for EMR demonstration project - March 10
- » Rules aim for better patient safety through confidential error reports - March 10
- » Washington state doctors, physical therapists battle over referrals - March 3
- » Lawsuit hits medical access post-Katrina - March 3
- » HIT budget plan criticized as insufficient - March 3
- » Brief: N.M. Legislature will have extra session for health care - March 3
- » Brief: Calif. speaker says health reform dead for the year - March 3
- » Brief: Opponents take San Francisco employer mandate to U.S. high court - March 3
- » Bush eyes EMRs, P4P to slow Medicare spending - March 3
February
- » Survey: Patients harmed by anemia drug policy - Feb. 25
- » Parity, genetic privacy bills face snags - Feb. 25
- » Brief: Colo. commission backs individual insurance mandate - Feb. 25
- » Brief: Indiana program for uninsured sees healthy enrollment - Feb. 25
- » Brief: HHS chief supports mandatory e-prescribing in Medicare - Feb. 25
- » Brief: House lawmakers introduce bill to boost Medicaid - Feb. 25
- » Medicare Advantage sales tactics draw fire as Senate panel investigates - Feb. 25
- » Wellness programs cannot discriminate based on health - Feb. 18
- » Senate to act on Indian Health Service funding - Feb. 18
- » OIG approves hospital plans to share cost savings with doctors - Feb. 18
- » Health system reform stumbles in California - Feb. 18
- » Brief: Pa. Medicaid to stop reimbursing for hospital-acquired conditions - Feb. 18
- » Brief: Senators: Medicare quality reporting program should continue in 2009 - Feb. 18
- » Bush budget cuts hospital funding but silent on Medicare doctor pay - Feb. 18
- » Massachusetts health system reform feeling the pinch - Feb. 11
- » State of the Union message: Bush seeks insurance tax deduction - Feb. 11
- » Brief: Judge throws out antitrust case against Illinois medical groups - Feb. 11
- » Brief: Blues outlines health reform goals - Feb. 11
- » Brief: Florida physician will leave Congress - Feb. 11
- » Brief: SCHIP veto challenge fails again - Feb. 11
- » Georgia exempts general surgery centers from CON rules - Feb. 4
- » Court gives temporary OK to San Francisco "pay or play" law - Feb. 4
- » AMA takes uninsured campaign nationwide - Feb. 4
- » Brief: State renews case against radiology clinics over MRI leasing - Feb. 4
- » Brief: Illinois fines Humana for Medicare health plan enrollment practices - Feb. 4
- » Brief: Democrats: CMS can't curtail Medicaid expansions - Feb. 4
- » Brief: High court upholds ban on early access to experimental drugs - Feb. 4
- » Senate Finance panel developing 18-month Medicare pay package - Feb. 4
January
- » CMS denials of state Medicaid expansions fuel confusion - Jan. 28
- » HHS: Specialty hospitals violated Medicare rule - Jan. 28
- » Many physicians will still be hit by AMT - Jan. 28
- » Brief: Universal health coverage, other reforms could cut spending, study finds - Jan. 28
- » Brief: N.J. triples some Medicaid pay - Jan. 28
- » Brief: N.J. passes measure to lay groundwork for HIT adoption - Jan. 28
- » Brief: Calif. governor seeks Medicaid pay cuts - Jan. 28
- » Health spending outlay tops $2 trillion, but spending growth on doctors declines - Jan. 28
- » Bill aims to improve health literacy - Jan. 21
- » Suit opposes Medicare denials of off-label, non-compendia drugs - Jan. 21
- » 2008 NIH budget nearly flat -- again - Jan. 21
- » Brief: AHIP unveils individual market reform proposal - Jan. 21
- » Brief: Medicare could expand sleep apnea coverage - Jan. 21
- » Time tight in Medicare fight to defend some pay provisions, block add-ons - Jan. 21
- » Big firms less receptive to health reforms - Jan. 21
- » New Jersey court sends blow to doctor-owned surgery centers - Jan. 14
- » Pennsylvania liability fund may be used to cover uninsured - Jan. 14
- » It's doctor vs. doctor in race to represent Florida in U.S. House - Jan. 14
- » Brief: Maryland expands Medicaid, insurance access - Jan. 14
- » Brief: Hospital chain, doctors settle kickback claims - Jan. 14
- » Brief: Calif. Assembly approves health reform bill - Jan. 14
- » Brief: Md. doctors to get small portion of liability insurer's dividend - Jan. 14
- » Medicare to require physicians to use new ID numbers on March 1 - Jan. 14
- » High medical costs signal underlying problems - Jan. 14
- » Congress considers mandate for Medicare e-prescribing - Jan. 7
- » Feature: Seen from the extremes: Uninsureds' effect on medicine - Jan. 7
- » Brief: Small-business group releases 10 health system reform principles - Jan. 7
- » Brief: Justice Dept. collects $1.5 billion from health care fraud cases - Jan. 7
- » Brief: Former Army top doctor now VA chief - Jan. 7
- » Congress OKs temporary reprieve on Medicare pay cut, renews SCHIP - Jan. 7