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� Hospitals raise alarm over sicker Medicare population - 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
� Column: Don't become ensnared by physician ACO exclusivity clauses - Dec. 24, 2012
� Medicare pay struggle a familiar year-end cliffhanger - Dec. 24, 2012
� Brief: Medicare Advantage patients use fewer services, study says - Dec. 24, 2012
� Imaging criteria credited in sharp Medicare spending decline - 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
� ACOs, already surging, poised for even more growth - Dec. 10, 2012
� Surprise spending spike tied to end of Medicare consultations - Dec. 10, 2012
� Watchdog call for EHR bonus audits meets resistance - Dec. 10, 2012
� Medicare pay uncertainty called threat to program innovations - Dec. 7, 2012
� Medicare private plans boost quality in time for bonuses - Dec. 3, 2012
� Odds favor physicians in appeals of Medicare denials - Dec. 3, 2012
� Medicare SGR sticker shock adds urgency to pay reform campaign - Dec. 3, 2012
� Geographic payment adjustments: Medicare's disputed borders - Nov. 26, 2012
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Congress is urged to stop automatic cuts to health programs - Nov. 26, 2012
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Principles would govern Medicare switch to defined-contribution system - Nov. 26, 2012
� OIG reports Medicare nursing home upcoding - Nov. 21, 2012
� American Hospital Assn. sues over retroactive Medicare pay denials - Nov. 19, 2012
� Medicare �improvement standard� no longer impedes home care - Nov. 19, 2012
� Physician pay a major unknown despite health reform certainty - Nov. 19, 2012
� Story Comment: AMA adopts principles to govern possible Medicare switch to a defined-contribution system - Nov. 13, 2012
� Seniors expected to pay more under Medicare premium-support model - Nov. 12, 2012
� Decisions doctors must make to avoid Medicare penalties - Nov. 12, 2012
� Medicare finalizes physician pay for new care coordination benefit - Nov. 12, 2012
� Story Comment: AMA delegates debate defined-contribution Medicare financing - Nov. 11, 2012
� Obama victory removes last major threat to ACA - Nov. 7, 2012
� Doctors get another chance to avoid Medicare e-prescribing penalty - Nov. 5, 2012
� Oddsmakers predict sequestration and SGR delay - Nov. 2, 2012
� Organized medicine unveils plan to overhaul Medicare delivery - Oct. 29, 2012
� Investigation faults handling of Medicare patient data breaches - Oct. 29, 2012
� Quality gains alone won�t generate ACO bonuses - Oct. 22, 2012
� Medicare IPAB: Rational or rationing? - Oct. 15, 2012
� Medicare claims contractor swap renews fears of pay disruptions - Oct. 15, 2012
� MedPAC moves toward backing geographic pay reductions - Oct. 12, 2012
� Medicare knee replacements surge 162% since 1991 - Oct. 8, 2012
� Medicare Advantage popularity may be short-lived - Oct. 1, 2012
� Medicare auditor targets E&M services for review - Oct. 1, 2012
� Discussion: Getting ready for ICD-10 - Oct. 1, 2012
� AMA proposes revisions to Medicare hospital observation policy - Sept. 28, 2012
� Massive job losses expected under Medicare sequester - Sept. 24, 2012
� No pay for UTIs has little effect on hospitals� bottom lines - Sept. 18, 2012
� Medicare modifier could hit unsuspecting doctors with pay cuts - Sept. 17, 2012
� Dual-eligibles market creates opportunities for physician practices - Sept. 14, 2012
� AMA details multipronged approach to Medicare pay overhaul - Sept. 13, 2012
� Doctors can�t challenge Medicare audits, appeals court rules - Sept. 10, 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
� 500 practices selected for primary care management fee demo - Sept. 3, 2012
� EHR standards get tougher under finalized meaningful use stage 2 - Sept. 3, 2012
� Health plan market primed for further consolidation - Sept. 3, 2012
� CMS enlists pharmacies to advertise free Medicare benefits - Aug. 31, 2012
� SGR repeal cost estimate drops to $245 billion - Aug. 30, 2012
� 2,200 hospitals face Medicare pay penalty for readmissions - Aug. 27, 2012
� Doctors ask Congress for role in reforming Medicare programs - Aug. 20, 2012
� Medicare to require prior authorization for power wheelchairs - Aug. 13, 2012
� Lawmakers blast Medicare for using Social Security numbers on IDs - Aug. 9, 2012
� IOM wants map redrawn on Medicare doctor pay - Aug. 6, 2012
� AMA urges CMS to delay dual-eligible demo - Aug. 3, 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
� Employers to emulate Medicare by buying quality care - July 26, 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
� National Quality Forum upholds rehospitalization measure - July 16, 2012
� Some patients stop taking depression drugs during Medicare coverage gap - July 16, 2012
� Medicare previews pay increases and cuts for 2013 - July 16, 2012
� Congress wants Medicare auditors to face their own review - July 13, 2012
� AMA seeks changes to Medicare hospital observation policy - July 10, 2012
� Minority patients less interested in hospice care - July 9, 2012
� AMA and AAMC oppose expanding hospital no-pay list - July 9, 2012
� Physicians should have more freedom to coordinate care, MedPAC says - July 9, 2012
� Fear of EHRs being wrong leads doctors to code E&M services manually - July 9, 2012
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� News Medicare financing options to be revisited in November - July 2, 2012
� Economists see health spending bouncing back - June 25, 2012
� Senate panel turns to insurers for Medicare pay reform advice - June 22, 2012
� AMA offers advice on obtaining, using contracted fee schedules - June 20, 2012
� Unspent war funds eyed to avoid years of Medicare doctor pay cuts - June 20, 2012
� Date Manipulation Test Article Eleven - June 20, 2012
� Medicare joins with insurers to test paying for care management - June 18, 2012
� Hospital-owned practices to receive lower Medicare rates under new rule - June 18, 2012
� Thousands lose Medicare billing rights during revalidation - June 14, 2012
� Organized medicine details future of Medicare payment without SGR - June 11, 2012
� Hospital-acquired infections linked to higher readmission rates - May 28, 2012
� Medicare�s bet on primary care - May 28, 2012
� Most doctors headed for penalty over Medicare quality reporting - May 28, 2012
� OIG probes physician Medicare billing for office visits - May 24, 2012
� Former Medicare chiefs say SGR must be eliminated - May 21, 2012
� Medicaid primary care pay: The next SGR? - May 21, 2012
� CMS eases rules to cut doctors� regulatory burdens - May 18, 2012
� GAO: Doctors should submit more data to get meaningful use money - May 17, 2012
� Medicare's new approach to familiar diseases - May 14, 2012
� Medicare�s no-pay rule sharpens infection-control efforts - May 14, 2012
� Discussion: Physicians will lead ACOs forward - May 14, 2012
� Only 7% of seniors get key preventive services - May 7, 2012
� Appeals court to decide fate of Medicare audit challenges - May 7, 2012
� Medicare modifies ordering, referring rules for physicians - May 7, 2012
� White House refuses to drop $8 billion Medicare private plan demo - May 3, 2012
� Dire Medicare outlook assumes deep physician pay cuts - April 30, 2012
� Physicians fight �unworkable� Medicare overpayment rule - April 30, 2012
� Discussion: A gathering storm of federal regulations - April 30, 2012
� Prices for doctor services lag behind inflation - April 30, 2012
� National Quality Forum adopts cost metrics for value-based purchasing - April 23, 2012
� AMA urges Medicare to rescind prepayment review demo - April 23, 2012
� More physicians calling the shots in latest round of ACOs - April 23, 2012
� Connected Coverage: A focus on the costliest patients - April 23, 2012
� More physicians awarded meaningful use money - April 19, 2012
� AMA seeks changes to Medicare hospital observation policy - April 16, 2012
� Dual-eligible demos raise patient-access concerns - April 13, 2012
� Resistance builds to managed care for dual eligibles - April 9, 2012
� Few doctors downloading Medicare resource use reports - April 9, 2012
� CMS backlog shortchanges doctors on e-prescribing exemptions - April 9, 2012
� House Republican budget seeks to slow Medicare, slash Medicaid - 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
� MedPAC calls for pay parity between hospital, doctor office visits - March 26, 2012
� GOP Medicare reform bill would let seniors tap into government employee plan - March 23, 2012
� Enforcement of 5010 standards delayed until July 1 - March 22, 2012
� UnitedHealth expands with new Florida acquisitions - March 20, 2012
� House closer to repeal of Medicare pay board - March 19, 2012
� Medicare overhauls patient claims statements - March 15, 2012
� Medicare plan to stop drug abuse could hurt patients, AMA says - March 9, 2012
� Legal risks of going paperless - March 5, 2012
� Who are the chronically costly? Health care's 1% - 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
� Medicare contractors rejecting pay for some legitimate services - March 1, 2012
� HHS may require doctors to keep Medicare financial records for 10 years - Feb. 27, 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
� New electronic billing standards causing payment woes - Feb. 20, 2012
� Medicare physician pay frozen until 2013 - Feb. 17, 2012
� Republicans blast HHS for promoting "free" services - Feb. 17, 2012
� Medicare private plan enrollment hits 12.8 million - Feb. 13, 2012
� RUC adds 2 seats for primary care - Feb. 13, 2012
� Medicare PQRS: Quality reporting or else - Feb. 6, 2012
� Unspent war funds eyed to avoid years of Medicare doctor pay cuts - Feb. 6, 2012
� Pharmacists say marketing of Medicare drug plans is misleading - Feb. 2, 2012
� CBO: Medicare demos didn't save much money - Jan. 30, 2012
� Connected Coverage: Physicians subject to increasing scrutiny - Jan. 30, 2012
� Sebelius urges supporters to defend health reform law - Jan. 26, 2012
� Health Net to sell Medicare Part D business to CVS - Jan. 24, 2012
� CBO: Raising Medicare age to 67 would save $148 billion over decade - Jan. 23, 2012
� News: Medicare joins with insurers to test paying for care management - Jan. 21, 2012
� Ohio governor proposes Medicaid shared savings - Jan. 20, 2012
� Physician innovators among those advising on health delivery reforms - Jan. 16, 2012
� Medicare intensifying documentation reviews before payment - Jan. 16, 2012
� Barred physicians prescribed millions in Medicare drugs - Jan. 13, 2012
� Problems finding new Medicare primary care doctors small but growing - Jan. 9, 2012
� Connected Coverage: A look back at the big stories of 2011 - Jan. 9, 2012
� Medicare kicks out 1 in 5 new medium- and high-risk suppliers - Jan. 6, 2012
� Column: Congress misses another chance to fix Medicare SGR - Jan. 2, 2012

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