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Government content from 2011

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December

� 32 Medicare ACOs selected for pioneer program - Dec. 29
� Nonprofit COOP health plans get final regulations - Dec. 29
� 27% Medicare pay cut to return March 1 unless Congress makes new deal - Dec. 27
� States keep reducing health center funding - Dec. 26
� NIH, health centers avoid cuts in fiscal 2012 - Dec. 26
� CMS proposes sunshine rules on industry payments, gifts to doctors - Dec. 26
� Brief: House bill would fund primary care residency programs - Dec. 26
� Brief: 13 New Jersey doctors arrested on illegal kickback charges - Dec. 26
� Brief: Medicare pay will drop for 30% of end-stage renal disease centers - Dec. 26
� Medicare drug plans to withhold pay if they suspect "doctor shopping" - Dec. 22
� HHS to allow states to help select minimum health benefits - Dec. 22
� Congressional deadlock leaves Medicare 27.4% pay cut in place -- for now - Dec. 20
� Supreme Court hears arguments in drug patent cases - Dec. 19
� Uninsured child population shrinks by 1 million - Dec. 19
� Medicare opens physician claims to researchers - Dec. 19
� Brief: Medical supplier pays $5 million to settle Medicaid fraud claims - Dec. 19
� Brief: Md. audit finds Medicaid keeps paying for dead people - Dec. 19
� Brief: Bill would create Medicare direct primary care pilot project - Dec. 19
� Brief: House bill to repeal Medicare IPAB reaches 218 sponsors - Dec. 19
� Brief: HHS keeps emergency contraception behind the counter - Dec. 19
� Comparative effectiveness research grants attract strong interest - Dec. 16
� CMS innovation center launched 12 projects in first year - Dec. 15
� 2-year Medicare pay patch passes House but hits roadblock - Dec. 14
� GOP senators chide Medicare over enrolled felons - Dec. 12
� Physicians in California sue over new Medicaid pay cuts - Dec. 12
� Insurance broker fees must be counted as overhead, HHS says - Dec. 12
� Interest building for drug shortage solution - Dec. 12
� Brief: Government appeals injunction on tobacco warnings - Dec. 12
� Brief: Medicare has new obesity screening, counseling benefit - Dec. 12
� Brief: House panel approves repeal of long-term-care program - Dec. 12
� Brief: House bill would exempt Medicare from deficit cuts - Dec. 12
� Early EMR adopters get a break; tougher criteria delayed to 2014 - Dec. 12
� Medicare begins Round 2 of DME bidding - Dec. 9
� Most states forming health insurance exchanges - Dec. 8
� Super committee gone, 27% Medicare pay cut threat remains - Dec. 5
� New CMS program to assist physician ID theft victims - Dec. 5
� Shorter hospital stays tied to lack of coverage - Dec. 5
� HHS deems first insurance rate hike unreasonable - Dec. 5
� Judge halts Washington state Medicaid limits on ED visits - Dec. 5
� Brief: Federal consumer health website expanded - Dec. 5
� Brief: Senior Medicare Patrol receives $9 million in grants - Dec. 5
� Brief: Smokeless tobacco still allowed in baseball games - Dec. 5
� Brief: AMA backs CMS administrator nominee - Dec. 5
� Texas to reduce Medicaid support for Medicare enrollees - Dec. 2
� Fraud hunt expected to save Medicare, Medicaid $25 billion - Dec. 1

November

� CMS offering physicians grants for health care innovations - Nov. 28
� Medicare RACs to conduct prepayment reviews for doctors, hospitals - Nov. 28
� Feature: Medicare demonstration projects: From idea to implementation - Nov. 28
� Brief: Government should largely exit health care, says presidential hopeful Ron Paul - Nov. 28
� Brief: Doctors among 12 charged in N.Y. health fraud scheme - Nov. 28
� Brief: House members target Medicare and Medicaid fraud - Nov. 28
� Brief: House panel votes to repeal long-term-care program - Nov. 28
� 3% tax withholding on Medicare pay repealed - Nov. 28
� CMS chief Dr. Berwick to step down Dec. 2 - Nov. 23
� Medicare now covers heart disease screening - Nov. 23
� Most states reduced mental health services since 2009 - Nov. 23
� Super committee failure leaves Medicare pay cuts in place - Nov. 21
� Romney calls for more Medicare competition - Nov. 21
� 2 senators probe insurers and labs for possible kickback violations - Nov. 21
� Personhood initiative pushed in more states despite loss in Mississippi - Nov. 21
� Brief: Ban on "pay-for-delay" drug deals could save $4.8 billion - Nov. 21
� Brief: Ohio adopts health care freedom amendment - Nov. 21
� GOP renews pressure to drop $15 billion HHS prevention fund - Nov. 18
� 3% tax withholding rule cleared for repeal - Nov. 17
� Kansas looks to managed care for Medicaid overhaul - Nov. 17
� U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take on health reform law - Nov. 14
� CMS pushes back Medicare revalidation deadline to 2015 - Nov. 14
� Judge halts North Carolina law requiring ultrasounds before abortions - Nov. 14
� Physicians want revisions to health insurance exchange rules - Nov. 14
� Obama targets prices of shortage drugs - Nov. 14
� Brief: GOP candidate Cain backs medical liability reform - Nov. 14
� Brief: Hospitals sue California over Medicaid cuts - Nov. 14
� Brief: Medicare patients sue over observation policy - Nov. 14
� Brief: Baseball urged to drop tobacco, test for HGH - Nov. 14
� Brief: Vermont universal care seen as costing less than existing system - Nov. 14
� Medicare 27.4% doctor pay cut set for 2012 unless Congress acts - Nov. 14
� MedPAC ponders capping Medicare patient costs - Nov. 11
� Senate votes to repeal tax withholding law - Nov. 11
� Military veterans to benefit from federal health training grants - Nov. 10
� Lawmakers try to eliminate Medicare coverage technicality - Nov. 7
� Arizona appeals court to decide fate of Medicaid enrollment freeze - Nov. 7
� House passes bill to stop 3% withholding rule on Medicare pay - Nov. 7
� Brief: CMS launches $42 million primary care center demo - Nov. 7
� Brief: More than half have low opinion of health reform law - Nov. 7
� Brief: High court could soon decide whether to review health reform law - Nov. 7
� Nearly all states cut Medicaid payments as stimulus runs out - Nov. 7
� Massachusetts struggles with cost control after reducing uninsured - Nov. 4
� Increase in 2012 Medicare premiums will be less than expected - Nov. 3

October

� Brief: House members oppose MedPAC's Medicare doctor pay plan - Oct. 31
� Brief: Judge blocks Oklahoma abortion law - Oct. 31
� Brief: Senators propose changes to Medicare secondary payer process - Oct. 31
� Brief: White House discontinues long-term care program - Oct. 31
� CMS recruiting physicians for health care innovation project - Oct. 31
� Health care work force report questions how to plan for future - Oct. 31
� California Medical Assn. support of marijuana legalization has doctors talking - Oct. 31
� CMS redesigns Medicare ACOs to be more appealing to physicians - Oct. 31
� California Medicaid tries to recover millions in fees - Oct. 28
� Medicare looks to ease physician revocation rules - Oct. 27
� Lawmakers told Medicare reform begins with elimination of SGR - Oct. 24
� Proposed standards scaled back for food marketing aimed at children - Oct. 24
� SGR repeal, health care cuts among ideas sent to super committee - Oct. 24
� 170,000 Medicare patients suspected of doctor shopping for drugs - Oct. 24
� Brief: CMS finalizes coverage for depression, alcohol screening - Oct. 24
� Brief: Senators want to raise Medicare rates for rural physicians - Oct. 24
� Brief: House adopts bill requiring exchanges to include a plan that bans abortions - Oct. 24
� Brief: Tobacco companies ask for injunction against graphic warnings - Oct. 24
� National Health Service Corps participation hits new heights - Oct. 21
� CMS spotlights physician-friendly changes in final ACO rule - Oct. 20
� Medicare auditors find $593 million in incorrect payments - Oct. 20
� Some states limit Medicaid fees for certain ED visits - Oct. 17
� HHS waiting to hear what it can spend - Oct. 17
� MedPAC plan repeals SGR, but cuts doctor pay - Oct. 17
� Supreme Court hears lawsuit challenging Medicaid rate cuts - Oct. 17
� Brief: GOP activists deliver petition to repeal health reform law - Oct. 17
� Brief: Blues plans suggest enacting medical liability reform, other changes - Oct. 17
� Brief: AMA reminds physicians to file Medicare e-prescribing exemptions - Oct. 17
� Brief: House Democrats call for Part D negotiations - Oct. 17
� IOM panel: Insurance exchanges will fail unless cost factor is faced - Oct. 17
� Lawmaker investigates possible price gouging of drugs on shortage lists - Oct. 14
� OIG to study physicians who leave Medicare - Oct. 13
� Lawmakers push super committee to make major Medicare pay reforms - Oct. 10
� 28 states get new HHS grants to review insurance hikes - Oct. 10
� Obama gambles on health reform before Supreme Court - Oct. 10
� Brief: HHS provides $1.9 billion for HIV/AIDS treatment - Oct. 10
� Brief: Plaintiffs in stem cell research lawsuit file appeal - Oct. 10
� Brief: Judge denies injunction against Kansas abortion law - Oct. 10
� Brief: Relatively few D.C. doctors actively practice there - Oct. 10
� Brief: Alternative to health system reform law proposed - Oct. 10
� Medicare tests monthly incentives for innovative primary care - Oct. 10
� Request by Texas to broaden Medicaid managed care on track - Oct. 7
� Medicare sign-up question about accepting new patients becomes optional - Oct. 6
� Multimedia: How Medicaid expansion will affect enrollment and physician supply - Oct. 3
� Challenge to N.H. medical liability fund holds up payments - Oct. 3
� $2 billion in temporary Medicare add-ons set to expire - Oct. 3
� Feature: Bracing for Medicaid expansion - Oct. 3
� Brief: House extends GME funding at children's hospitals - Oct. 3
� Brief: Connecticut doctors file to create nonprofit health plan - Oct. 3
� Brief: Collaborative formed to promote insurance options - Oct. 3

September

� States embracing Medicaid managed care - Sept. 30
� 170 million shots available for flu season - Sept. 29
� Federal judge bars Florida "don't ask" gun law - Sept. 26
� Uninsured rate remains stable even as incomes drop - Sept. 26
� Advisory panel proposes Medicare physician pay cuts - Sept. 26
� Brief: Catholic doctors fight birth control pay mandate - Sept. 26
� Brief: Bipartisan bill would revamp Medicare cards - Sept. 26
� Brief: Medicare Advantage enrollment to increase 10% in 2012 - Sept. 26
� Brief: 2 physicians appointed to Vermont health reform board - Sept. 26
� Brief: New Jersey backs off Medicaid cuts - Sept. 26
� Medicaid claims audits to begin in January - Sept. 26
� Washington doctors decry new emergency care coverage limits - Sept. 23
� GOP bill would exempt all plans from health reform - Sept. 22
� Health care fraud prosecutions reach new high - Sept. 19
� White House abandons new ozone standards - Sept. 19
� CMS chief seeks cost control through better quality - Sept. 19
� Brief: HHS to grant $700 million to expand health centers - Sept. 19
� Brief: Arizona cannot charge co-pays to needy residents - Sept. 19
� Brief: HHS directs hospital inspectors to review visitation rights - Sept. 19
� Brief: Beneficiaries in Part D gap likely to see "roller coaster" effect - Sept. 19
� Medicare pay-for-performance plan criticized over early launch - Sept. 19
� Illinois doctors need Medicaid preapproval for 17 mental health drugs - Sept. 16
� Health industry consolidation raising prices, lawmakers say - Sept. 15
� Medicare finalizes requirements for special needs plans - Sept. 12
� North Carolina medical home program extended to private, state workers - Sept. 12
� Almost half of uninsured expect no help from health reform - Sept. 12
� Brief: Michigan adopts Medicaid claims tax to avoid cuts - Sept. 12
� Brief: GOP governors unveil Medicaid reform wish list - Sept. 12
� Brief: Lawmaker wants debt supercommittee to kill Medicare pay panel - Sept. 12
� Hardship waivers last chance to avoid Medicare e-prescribing penalty - Sept. 12
� Colorado Medicaid not meeting federal standards, audit finds - Sept. 9
� Appeals court panel dismisses Virginia health reform suits - Sept. 8
� $1 billion spent to fight Medicare fraud in 2010 - Sept. 8
� HHS outlines final proposal to ease regulatory burdens - Sept. 5
� States seeking to maintain control over Medicaid fees - Sept. 5
� Feature: Medicare battles depression: Payment parity aims to increase treatment - Sept. 5
� Brief: Ophthalmologist convicted of 150 fraud counts - Sept. 5
� Brief: HHS approves 106 more waivers to health reform law - Sept. 5
� Brief: Arkansas prioritizes Medicaid pay bundling - Sept. 5
� Medicare unveils bundled payment models to start in 2012 - Sept. 5
� Kansas abortion law faces legal challenge - Sept. 2
� CBO report links debt reduction to Medicare pay cuts - Sept. 1

August

� E-prescribing exemption deadline extended to Nov. 1 - Aug. 31
� Medicaid fetches higher drug rebates than Medicare - Aug. 29
� Arizona judge OKs Medicaid freeze for childless adults - Aug. 29
� Proposed rule requires insurers to explain costs and benefits - Aug. 29
� Brief: Abortion services to end in 6 Arizona cities - Aug. 29
� Brief: Medicaid and CHIP enrolled more uninsured children in 2009 - Aug. 29
� Brief: HHS awards $40 million in Medicaid/CHIP outreach grants - Aug. 29
� Brief: Equipment bidding will save Medicare $28 billion, CMS says - Aug. 29
� Nearly all physicians must revalidate Medicare enrollment by 2013 - Aug. 29
� Nearly all physicians must revalidate Medicare enrollment by 2013 - Aug. 29
� More details emerge on insurance tax credits and other reform standards - Aug. 26
� GAO urges Medicare to seek physician input on feedback reports - Aug. 25
� Massachusetts patients stay with safety net providers after reform - Aug. 22
� California doctors back bill to prevent circumcision ban - Aug. 22
� Medicare pay cuts among tough choices for bipartisan debt panel - Aug. 22
� 6 Georgia doctors sue Medicare over low primary care pay - Aug. 22
� Brief: Groups agree to extend Medicare shared-savings demo - Aug. 22
� Brief: HHS should study health IT errors, House panel says - Aug. 22
� Brief: Kansas becomes second state to return federal health exchange money - Aug. 22
� Brief: Organized medicine weighs in on California Medicaid lawsuit - Aug. 22
� 6 Georgia doctors sue Medicare over low primary care pay - Aug. 22
� CMS launches demo on emergency Medicaid psychiatric care - Aug. 19
� Doctors want policy changes before Medicare releases claims data - Aug. 18
� Illinois lawmakers challenge CMS rejection of anti-fraud law - Aug. 15
� Specialists push EPA for stronger air quality regulations - Aug. 15
� Physician organizations fight states' proposed cutbacks to Medicaid - Aug. 15
� Brief: HHS awards $29 million for health center expansions - Aug. 15
� Brief: First test of new HIPAA claims standard a success, CMS says - Aug. 15
� Brief: Appeals court rejects doctor's lawsuit against health reform law - Aug. 15
� Appeals court rules individual mandate unconstitutional - Aug. 12
� HHS health exchange chief resigns - Aug. 12
� 17 million received free Medicare preventive services in first half of 2011 - Aug. 11
� Lawsuit against stem cell funding dismissed - Aug. 8
� Government auditors say Medicare tops improper payment list - Aug. 8
� Major ruling overturned as gene patents are declared valid - Aug. 8
� Health system reform law expected to spark spending rebound - Aug. 8
� Brief: High court will not consider military medical liability shield - Aug. 8
� Brief: Combat care for veterans projected to keep growing - Aug. 8
� Brief: CMS eliminates $3.9 billion overpayment to nursing homes - Aug. 8
� Brief: House panel votes to reauthorize pediatric GME - Aug. 8
� Brief: HHS approves IOM advice on women's preventive care - Aug. 8
� How debt deal could squeeze Medicare pay even more - Aug. 8
� Minnesota cuts Medicaid pay, phases out doctor tax - Aug. 5
� Organized medicine wants more Medicare e-prescribing changes - Aug. 4
� Congress averts debt doomsday, but Medicare pay cuts still loom - Aug. 2
� Medicare spends 50% less on Part D drugs than initially estimated - Aug. 1
� Judge set to rule on Arizona's freeze of Medicaid enrollment - Aug. 1
� Feature: Direct primary care model: Cutting out the insurer - Aug. 1
� Brief: Illinois physicians sue to stop out-of-network law - Aug. 1
� Brief: Senator aims to preserve Medicare pay for frontier states - Aug. 1

July

� Louisiana rolls out Medicaid care management - July 29
� Medicare hospice care to face increased scrutiny - July 28
� Revised Medicare forms ask doctors if they accept new patients - July 25
� Medical liability reform demo may be in limbo - July 25
� More Democrats join GOP against Medicare cost-control board - July 25
� Brief: Lawmakers target unintended Medicaid eligibility - July 25
� Brief: Bill would repeal HSA prescription requirement - July 25
� States may get substantial power over health insurance exchanges - July 25
� California budget includes Medicaid doctor pay cut and patient co-pays - July 22
� HHS awards $95 million to school health centers - July 21
� More states face legal battles over abortion laws - July 18
� Medicaid primary care spending linked to fewer hospitalizations - July 18
� Feature: Quest for SGR reform: Avoiding the eleventh-hour drama - July 18
� Brief: High court to review diagnostic test patent case - July 18
� Brief: Seniors struggling with out-of-pocket costs, report finds - July 18
� Brief: HHS calls for greater coordination for dual Medicare-Medicaid enrollees - July 18
� Brief: 3 in 5 Medicare power wheelchair claims are improper - July 18
� Brief: Oregon cuts Medicaid physician pay by average of 11.5% - July 18
� Medicare proposes a 50% cut for some imaging fees in 2012 - July 18
� Texas refuses to launch health insurance exchange - July 15
� GOP bill would create health care tribunals - July 14
� Wisconsin to restore money raided from liability fund - July 11
� Global payment alone won't solve Massachusetts' health market woes, report says - July 11
� Private health coverage continues to decline, but Medicaid and CHIP cover more kids - July 11
� Brief: Miami doctor gets 20 years in prison for defrauding Medicare - July 11
� Brief: Maine data ban case to be reconsidered after Supreme Court ruling - July 11
� Brief: Medicare to rescind lab signature requirement - July 11
� Why HHS abandoned "mystery shopper" study - July 11
� Utah wants to use ACOs to control Medicaid spending - July 8
� HHS finalizes administrative standards for electronic claims submissions - July 7
� GOP doctors stand behind Medicare privatization plan - July 4
� Health spending tied to debt ceiling talks - July 4
� Justices rule for drugmakers in 2 high-profile cases - July 4
� Brief: HHS limits health plan appeals process - July 4
� Brief: Senate health fraud bill would require better physician verification - July 4
� Brief: Texas doctors ask Medicare for e-prescribing extension - July 4
� Brief: District judge blocks defunding of Planned Parenthood of Indiana - July 4
� Bipartisan House group opposes Medicare imaging cuts - July 1

June

� Millions access free Medicare services - June 30
� White House wins health reform round in appeals court - June 29
� Concierge care for dual eligibles pushed as cost-cutting measure - June 27
� Tennessee approves noneconomic medical liability damages cap - June 27
� HHS to end exemptions for limited benefit plans - June 27
� Brief: Bill would allow nonphysicians to coordinate Medicaid care - June 27
� Brief: Kids on Medicaid and CHIP encounter problems with seeing specialists - June 27
� Brief: Arizona governor sues over medical marijuana law - June 27
� MedPAC seeks to rein in imaging pay - June 27
� New Jersey plan would slash Medicaid eligibility - June 24
� National prevention strategy unveiled - June 23
� Bill would roll back restrictions on HSAs, FSAs - June 20
� Medicare to pay health centers to coordinate care - June 20
� Planned Parenthood sues states over abortion restrictions - June 20
� Brief: Federal money available for state chronic disease prevention - June 20
� Brief: Democratic senators unite against Medicaid cuts - June 20
� Brief: Appeals court hears states' challenge to reform law - June 20
� Brief: Doctors sue over Florida "don't ask" gun law - June 20
� Medicare claims soon to be open for data mining - June 20
� Washington state seeks Medicaid exemptions - June 17
� Arkansas looks at bundling Medicaid pay - June 16
� Medicaid to reduce hospital pay for preventable conditions - June 13
� Medicaid pay cut fight finds Justice Dept. at odds with doctors - June 13
� IOM report targets accuracy of Medicare regional payments - June 13
� Brief: Lawsuit fear identified as top challenge to cutting ED costs - June 13
� Brief: Geriatrician appointed to MedPAC - June 13
� Brief: Florida governor signs Medicaid managed care bill - June 13
� Brief: Senate Medicare private contracting bill introduced - June 13
� Medicare ACO plan still needs work, AMA says - June 13
� EMRs a risky investment, say some small practices - June 10
� HHS makes preexisting condition coverage more accessible - June 9
� Georgia physicians must reveal if they don't have liability insurance - June 6
� House revives bill to allow interstate health insurance sales - June 6
� Mystery shoppers would compare wait times to see doctors - June 6
� Brief: Lab to pay $241 million for alleged overcharges - June 6
� Brief: Medicare drug plans received $3.6 million to cover dead enrollees - June 6
� Brief: Vermont governor signs universal health insurance bill - June 6
� Brief: House repeals automatic funds for resident training at health centers - June 6
� Brief: GOP senators call for CMS to abandon Medicare ACO plans - June 6
� Medicare to offer more waivers from e-prescribing penalty - June 6
� Medicare privatization plan hits wall in Senate - June 3
� Economists and scholars defend Medicare pay board - June 2

May

� Feature: Aspiring to universal access: Healthy San Francisco opens up care - May 30
� Courts make opposite rulings on care of legal immigrants - May 30
� More states expanding their move to Medicaid managed care - May 30
� Brief: Georgia high court blocks vaccine lawsuit - May 30
� Brief: House medical liability bill would reduce deficit by $57 billion - May 30
� Brief: Study blames contractors for Medicare fraud - May 30
� Brief: HHS finalizes rule on insurance premium reviews - May 30
� Medicare ACO options added after criticism - May 30
� Feature: Aspiring to universal access: Healthy San Francisco opens up care - May 30
� Oregon governor supports 19% Medicaid pay cut - May 27
� Medicare e-prescribing deadline stands, but exemptions are expanded - May 26
� Audit finds hospital EMRs vulnerable to data breaches - May 26
� Rule shielding military doctors from liability faces legal battle - May 23
� Congress eyes new Medicare payment models - May 23
� Medical liability reform closer to House passage - May 23
� Medicare trustees paint bleak financial picture - May 23
� Brief: GOP freshmen ask Obama to turn down Medicare rhetoric - May 23
� Brief: Court orders VA to provide better mental health care - May 23
� Brief: Legislators seek funding to train more pediatricians - May 23
� Brief: Florida lawmakers send "don't ask" gun bill to governor - May 23
� Medicaid physician pay swept up in battle over funding and access - May 23
� Most uninsured hospital stays go unpaid - May 20
� Bipartisan House caucus to promote generic drugs - May 19
� Supreme Court is asked to re-examine diagnostic test patents - May 16
� Business is booming for Medicare recovery audit contractors - May 16
� Vermont approves universal health program - May 16
� Brief: Missouri hospitals lose suit against tobacco companies - May 16
� Brief: Medicare streamlines telehealth credentialing - May 16
� Brief: Arizona governor vetoes interstate insurance purchasing - May 16
� Brief: Repeal of health reform law doomed, key Republican says - May 16
� AMA unveils SGR replacement plans - May 16
� Health plan for preexisting conditions gaining in popularity - May 13
� House OKs permanent ban on federal abortion funding - May 12
� 2 more senators introduce bills to publish Medicare claims data - May 9
� Physicians with many Medicaid patients are likely to treat more in 2014 - May 9
� GOP urges Obama to repeal -- not expand -- Medicare pay board - May 9
� Brief: HHS certifies Indian Health Service EMR for meaningful use - May 9
� Brief: Work-based coverage declined by record percentage in 2009 - May 9
� Brief: Former AMA president to advise CMS innovations center - May 9
� Brief: CVS agrees to $17 million Medicaid fraud settlement - May 9
� Brief: Medicare hospital pay-for-performance set to launch in 2012 - May 9
� Beware Physician Compare: Medicare site inaccurate, say wronged practices - May 9
� EDs becoming more and more crowded, emergency physicians say - May 6
� Medicare criticized for $4 million drug overpayment - May 5
� End of coverage for uninsured in Pennsylvania sparks anger - May 2
� Texas Senate passes Medicaid reform, shared savings bills - May 2
� Feature: Medicare's missed checkups: Few seniors get wellness exam - May 2
� Brief: Bill would establish urotrauma commission - May 2
� Brief: Medicare hospital pay rates to drop in 2012 - May 2
� Medicare quality bonuses elude nearly half of reporting doctors - May 2

April

� Appeals court overturns stem cell research funding ban - April 29
� Top-court pass on reform suit probably means fall hearing - April 29
� Complexity of EMRs discourages new users, doctors tell HHS panel - April 29
� Obama's deficit plan would cut more slowly than competing ones - April 28
� Oklahoma enacts cap on noneconomic damages - April 25
� Revised "don't ask" gun bill advances in Florida - April 25
� Obama deficit plan includes strengthened Medicare pay board - April 25
� Brief: Drugmakers to pay $4.2 million in Wisconsin Medicaid case - April 25
� Brief: Oklahoma to decline $54 million health exchange grant - April 25
� Brief: House votes to repeal public health fund - April 25
� $1 billion patient safety effort relies on physician outreach - April 25
� Health work force panel awaits funding from Congress - April 22
� AMA identifies Medicare's top regulatory burdens - April 21
� Health centers seek injunction in W.Va. Medicaid rate dispute - April 18
� Health reform's first change: tax reporting rule cut - April 18
� House GOP budget plan aims to slice entitlements, deficit - April 18
� Brief: House bill would allow VA to bill Medicare - April 18
� Brief: Many Massachusetts residents see state health reforms as ineffective - April 18
� Brief: Deputy named new health IT chief - April 18
� Brief: Grassley, Wyden team up to publish physician data - April 18
� Skepticism greets Medicare ACO shared savings program - April 18
� Medicaid managed care close to becoming a reality in Florida - April 15
� Second round of Medicare equipment bidding plan delayed - April 14
� Shutdown would have had little effect on Medicare, Medicaid claims payments - April 11
� Senators seek May deadline for HHS fraud-fighting reports - April 11
� GOP blasts early coverage under health reform - April 11
� House panel votes to end insurance exchange and school health center funding - April 11
� Brief: Minnesota high court to consider tobacco lawsuit - April 11
� Brief: Raising Medicare age would save $7.6 billion in 2014, study finds - April 11
� Brief: Arizona governor calls for more limited Medicaid cuts - April 11
� Brief: Medicare to cover $93,000 prostate cancer drug - April 11
� Bill seeks outside review of relative values in Medicare services - April 11
� 4% drop in U.S. birth rate is largest in 3 decades - April 8
� House panel consults doctors on permanent SGR fix - April 7
� Congress approves repeal of tax reporting provision in health reform law - April 5
� California lawsuit accuses drug powerhouse of bribing doctors - April 4
� GOP lawmakers weigh privatizing Medicare with exchanges - April 4
� Feature: Defining essential benefits: How much is too much? - April 4
� Brief: HHS can provide Medicaid reform relief to states, report says - April 4
� Brief: South Dakota approves abortion waiting period - April 4
� Brief: Medicare lab signature mandate to be delayed further - April 4
� Bill would post every physician's Medicare billing data on Internet - April 4
� HHS sets 6 priorities to improve nation's health care - April 1

March

� CMS releases proposed ACO rule - March 31
� House bills would lift ban on physician-owned hospitals - March 31
� Supreme Court refuses to hear pay-for-delay case - March 28
� Cost control the next step for Massachusetts health reform - March 28
� More adults going without medical care because of costs - March 28
� Brief: AMA supports New York damage cap proposal - March 28
� Brief: Medicare inappropriately paid millions for erectile dysfunction pills - March 28
� Brief: Lawmakers press to repeal DME bidding - March 28
� MedPAC urges co-pays for home health care - March 25
� Health reform law anniversary draws praises and renewed vows for repeal - March 24
� Supreme Court to hear case on generic drug labeling - March 21
� GOP targets mandatory funding for health reform law - March 21
� Stage 2 of EMR bonus program seen as too onerous - March 21
� Brief: Judge halts Medicaid hospital pay freeze in California - March 21
� Brief: Medicare retools online enrollment for doctors - March 21
� Brief: Mandatory spending will surpass total revenues in 2016 - March 21
� Medicare panel recommends 1% physician pay boost in 2012 - March 21
� Medicare ordered to pay for off-label drugs - March 18
� Maine exempted from health reform's medical-loss ratio rules - March 17
� Obama signals flexibility on health reform mandates - March 14
� Medicare gears up for strict anti-fraud campaign - March 14
� $3 billion lawsuit alleges Medicare underpayment to physicians - March 14
� GAO echoes physician concerns on EMR, e-prescribing bonuses - March 14
� Brief: Tobacco companies sue over government safety panel - March 14
� Brief: Medicare cuts recommended in report on duplicative spending - March 14
� Brief: Medical liability bill modeled after Texas law introduced - March 14
� Brief: AMA ends red flags lawsuit against FTC - March 14
� Dr. Berwick may have little future at CMS beyond this year - March 11
� 1 in 5 Americans believes health reform has been repealed - March 11
� Medicare physician pay set to be cut 29.5% in 2012 - March 10
� Congressional dispute delays 1099 tax reporting repeal - March 10
� AMA calls for regulation of consumer genetic tests - March 10
� Montana and Michigan voters still support medical marijuana - March 8
� Surgeon general previews preventive health strategy - March 7
� Supreme Court upholds vaccine liability shield - March 7
� HHS opens door to Medicaid eligibility cuts - March 7
� Brief: Senate bill would end Medicare cap on psychiatric hospital services - March 7
� Brief: HHS offers $3.7 billion for Medicaid long-term-care alternatives - March 7
� Obama voids Bush conscience rule in favor of decades-old protections - March 7
� 6 states to get HHS grants for setting up online insurance exchange models - March 4
� House GOP slashes research, health reform funding - March 1

February

� New most-wanted list targets health fraudsters - Feb. 28
� House panel OKs medical liability reform bill - Feb. 28
� Brief: Lawsuit opposing stem cell research dismissed - Feb. 28
� Brief: More primary care doctors could qualify for Medicare bonuses - Feb. 28
� Brief: CMS plans to reprocess millions of 2010 Medicare claims - Feb. 28
� Brief: Another judge rules in favor of health reform law - Feb. 28
� Physicians to get relief from Medicare lab paperwork rule - Feb. 28
� More Medicare patients to learn about their rights to complain - Feb. 25
� Vermont considers single-payer plan for its own health reform - Feb. 22
� Brief: AMA announces Nathan Davis award winners at advocacy conference - Feb. 21
� Supreme Court to tackle access to prescription data - Feb. 21
� Obama budget would delay Medicare pay cuts - Feb. 21
� Brief: CBO: Health law will result in fewer hours worked - Feb. 21
� Brief: Va. pushes Supreme Court to review health reform lawsuit - Feb. 21
� EMRs, quality efforts key to viability of practices, Obama officials advise - Feb. 21
� Medicare decision support demo to focus on imaging services - Feb. 16
� Primary care societies give outgoing national health IT chief high marks - Feb. 15
� Health reform polls don't tell the whole story - Feb. 14
� FDA regulation of e-cigarettes rebuffed again - Feb. 14
� Brief: Family physician tapped as Alabama Medicaid director - Feb. 14
� Brief: States could opt out of health reform provision under federal bill - Feb. 14
� Brief: AMA, CMA support hospital's fight against Medicare audit - Feb. 14
� Reform law rollout forges ahead despite GOP budget threats - Feb. 14
� Arizona seeks to remove 280,000 adults from Medicaid coverage - Feb. 10
� Dr. Berwick renominated for permanent CMS post - Feb. 8
� Multimedia: Doctors wanted - Feb. 7
� New medical home standards stress care coordination - Feb. 7
� HHS says it recovered $4 billion in fraudulent payments in 2010 - Feb. 7
� Feature: Health reform's primary care recruits: the National Health Service Corps - Feb. 7
� Brief: Children's health care varies widely by state - Feb. 7
� Brief: Insurers contest HHS estimate of reform's impact on premiums - Feb. 7
� Brief: Colorado high court rejects challenge to medical marijuana law - Feb. 7
� Medicare pay panel latest target of GOP effort to repeal reform law - Feb. 7
� Ohio governor makes Medicaid overhaul a priority - Feb. 3
� Feature: Senate rejects health reform repeal - Feb. 3
� Reform might not deal huge blow to employer-based insurance - Feb. 2

January

� Federal judge rules health reform law unconstitutional - Jan. 31
� States' ability to slash Medicaid payments rests with top court - Jan. 31
� Physicians, gun owners tangle over Florida "don't ask" gun bill - Jan. 31
� Brief: 4 in 10 doctors plan to secure EMR bonuses - Jan. 31
� Brief: Bipartisan group backs health reform implementation - Jan. 31
� House shifts to medical liability overhaul after health reform vote - Jan. 31
� $1.5 billion in Medicaid cuts and co-pays proposed by California governor - Jan. 28
� Medicare Advantage bonuses could go to low-performing private plans - Jan. 27
� Louisiana revamps Medicaid care coordination program - Jan. 24
� States largely maintain or improve Medicaid, CHIP access - Jan. 24
� Brief: Tricare to cover dependents to age 26 - Jan. 24
� Brief: ED admissions for prescription drug problems up again in 2009 - Jan. 24
� Brief: Preexisting conditions affect at least 50 million Americans - Jan. 24
� Insurance oversight office will move to Medicare agency - Jan. 21
� GOP-led House votes to repeal health reform law - Jan. 19
� New House leaders require program cuts to pay for additional spending - Jan. 19
� Campaign against health care fraud questioned - Jan. 18
� National health spending growth held to record-breaking low - Jan. 17
� Limited-benefit health plans get new life despite criticism - Jan. 17
� Doctors win 3-month reprieve from home health documentation rule - Jan. 17
� Brief: HHS, HUD to provide health and rental assistance - Jan. 17
� Brief: Power to change Medicaid eligibility sought by GOP governors - Jan. 17
� Brief: Hospital pay-for-performance proposal issued by CMS - Jan. 17
� Brief: Louisiana physician to chair House oversight panel - Jan. 17
� Brief: FDA requires review of new tobacco products - Jan. 17
� CMS to revamp IT systems for better integration and service - Jan. 14
� States get Medicaid bonuses for enrolling children - Jan. 13
� New tools focus on prevention of Medicare fraud, abuse - Jan. 10
� Multiple chronic conditions target of new HHS strategy - Jan. 10
� Lawmakers settle for short-term spending measure - Jan. 10
� Brief: Pay-for-performance finalized for Medicare dialysis facilities - Jan. 10
� Brief: Va. panel supports health IT loans, eased scope-of-practice limits - Jan. 10
� Medicare about-face on end-of-life planning pay - Jan. 10
� Medicare incentive programs pay millions to practices - Jan. 7
� Medicare EMR incentive program begins registration - Jan. 6
� Washington state health safety net strained by cuts - Jan. 4
� White House debt panel's health proposals to get second look in Congress - Jan. 3
� GOP leaders in House plan to tighten reins on Obama's agenda - Jan. 3
� Brief: More Maryland doctors signing up for EMRs - Jan. 3
� Brief: Health reform law could save states money - Jan. 3
� Brief: Insurance mandate repeal could keep uninsured numbers high - Jan. 3
� Brief: Obama signs red flags bill - Jan. 3

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