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� Brief: House bill aims to protect physician decision-making under ACA - Dec. 31, 2012
� Brief: Medicare prepares to implement physician SGR pay cuts - Dec. 31, 2012
� GAO: Medicare could save $880 million on dialysis payments - Dec. 26, 2012
� Medicare pay struggle a familiar year-end cliffhanger - Dec. 24, 2012
� Brief: Senate OKs veterans’ access to fertility treatments - Dec. 24, 2012
� Opposition stiffens to ACA’s 2.3% tax on medical devices - Dec. 17, 2012
� Brief: GAO report used as ammunition to challenge Medicaid spending - Dec. 17, 2012
� Brief: Patient groups want Medicare therapy exceptions extended - Dec. 17, 2012
� Brief: 31 senators call for higher Medicare pay for rural hospitals - Dec. 17, 2012
� Medicaid primary care pay at risk in lame-duck talks - Dec. 12, 2012
� Medicare SGR sticker shock adds urgency to pay reform campaign - Dec. 3, 2012
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Congress is urged to stop automatic cuts to health programs - Nov. 26, 2012
� Seniors expected to pay more under Medicare premium-support model - Nov. 12, 2012
� Oddsmakers predict sequestration and SGR delay - Nov. 2, 2012
� Organized medicine unveils plan to overhaul Medicare delivery - Oct. 29, 2012
� First review in for embattled federal prevention fund - Oct. 26, 2012
� Medicare IPAB: Rational or rationing? - Oct. 15, 2012
� Congress extends visa waiver program for IMGs - Oct. 3, 2012
� Medicare Advantage popularity may be short-lived - Oct. 1, 2012
� ROTC-type primary care scholarships proposed - Sept. 28, 2012
� Stakeholders seek regulatory direction on insurance exchanges - Sept. 21, 2012
� Physicians, industry continue to wait for Sunshine Act rules - Sept. 20, 2012
� AMA details multipronged approach to Medicare pay overhaul - Sept. 13, 2012
� AMA backs bills to stop Medicare imaging pay cuts - Sept. 10, 2012
� GOP wants new projections on Medicare cost-control panel - Sept. 6, 2012
� SGR repeal cost estimate drops to $245 billion - Aug. 30, 2012
� GME funding showdown looms in Washington - Aug. 27, 2012
� More doctors sought to meet hospice and palliative care demands - Aug. 21, 2012
� Doctors ask Congress for role in reforming Medicare programs - Aug. 20, 2012
� Lawmakers hear evidence of gray market in shortage drugs - Aug. 20, 2012
� Tax delinquents still drawing Medicaid pay, GAO reports - Aug. 10, 2012
� Lawmakers blast Medicare for using Social Security numbers on IDs - Aug. 9, 2012
� 6 million projected to be shut out by states rejecting Medicaid expansion - Aug. 6, 2012
� One-year Medicare pay freeze proposed in House - Aug. 2, 2012
� Medicare pay: Budget sequester adds to annual payment rate woes - July 30, 2012
� Lawmakers warned of demise of solo medical practices - July 30, 2012
� Physicians protest health cuts in HHS spending bill - July 27, 2012
� Physicians push Congress for improved Medicare data and performance measures - July 23, 2012
� White House exceeded authority with Medicare Advantage project, GAO says - July 20, 2012
� Congress wants Medicare auditors to face their own review - July 13, 2012
� Taxes on health professionals targeted in Medicaid reform bill - July 9, 2012
� Physicians should have more freedom to coordinate care, MedPAC says - July 9, 2012
� Bill would expand VA mental health services - July 5, 2012
� Congress OKs plan to combat drug shortages - July 2, 2012
� Doctors need better arsenal to fight obesity, says expert panel - June 28, 2012
� Senate panel turns to insurers for Medicare pay reform advice - June 22, 2012
� House Democrat presses HHS for details on 2013 budget cuts - June 21, 2012
� Unspent war funds eyed to avoid years of Medicare doctor pay cuts - June 20, 2012
� Thousands lose Medicare billing rights during revalidation - June 14, 2012
� Organized medicine details future of Medicare payment without SGR - June 11, 2012
� House panel proposes repeal of revenue provisions used to support health reform - June 7, 2012
� Medical liability costs seen as a drain on innovation - June 4, 2012
� Senate, House OK drug short-supply warning system - June 1, 2012
� Health tax credits for small businesses go unclaimed - May 31, 2012
� Former Medicare chiefs say SGR must be eliminated - May 21, 2012
� GAO: Doctors should submit more data to get meaningful use money - May 17, 2012
� Physician gift tracking by drug companies delayed until 2013 - May 10, 2012
� Doctors pressured to write prescriptions for OTC drugs - May 7, 2012
� White House refuses to drop $8 billion Medicare private plan demo - May 3, 2012
� Lawmakers seek faster approval process for shortage drugs - April 30, 2012
� House GOP claims health reform taxes would hurt businesses - April 26, 2012
� Medicare trustee says health reform law will add to debt - April 20, 2012
� IRS health reform money gets GOP�s attention - April 19, 2012
� House Republican budget seeks to slow Medicare, slash Medicaid - April 2, 2012
� Health system reform: Abstract debate inside Supreme Court as protest signs dominate outside - April 2, 2012
� House passes IPAB repeal, medical liability reform bill - April 2, 2012
� Congress told more prescription drug monitoring programs are needed - March 29, 2012
� Final insurance exchange rule prompts concerns about out-of-network care - March 26, 2012
� GOP Medicare reform bill would let seniors tap into government employee plan - March 23, 2012
� House closer to repeal of Medicare pay board - March 19, 2012
� FDA and industry not waiting for Congress on drug shortages - March 12, 2012
� Medicare plan to stop drug abuse could hurt patients, AMA says - March 9, 2012
� Legal risks of going paperless - March 5, 2012
� Discussion: Strike the right balance on essential health benefits - March 5, 2012
� Column: AMA physicians gather not just to listen, but to act - March 5, 2012
� Legal risks of going paperless - March 5, 2012
� Medicare doctor pay patch sets up 32% cut for 2013 - Feb. 27, 2012
� Obama budget proposal sidesteps Medicare mandatory spending cuts - Feb. 20, 2012
� Column: In turbulent times, AMA projects physicians' united voice - Feb. 20, 2012
� Medicare physician pay frozen until 2013 - Feb. 17, 2012
� Republicans blast HHS for promoting "free" services - Feb. 17, 2012
� House votes to repeal long-term-care program - Feb. 9, 2012
� Comparative effectiveness research plan seeks input from all sides - Feb. 6, 2012
� AMA calls on Congress to block ICD-10 mandate on doctors - Feb. 6, 2012
� Unspent war funds eyed to avoid years of Medicare doctor pay cuts - Feb. 6, 2012
� Column: It's fiscally irresponsible not to address liability reform - Feb. 6, 2012
� CBO: Medicare demos didn't save much money - Jan. 30, 2012
� Sebelius urges supporters to defend health reform law - Jan. 26, 2012
� CBO: Raising Medicare age to 67 would save $148 billion over decade - Jan. 23, 2012
� Ban on "bath salts," synthetic marijuana delayed in Senate - Jan. 9, 2012
� Health reform after 2014: Not-so-universal coverage - Jan. 2, 2012
� Column: Congress misses another chance to fix Medicare SGR - Jan. 2, 2012

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