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Senate Not Expected to Pass Fee-Fix Before Friday
(Matching tags: AMA,Medicare,Senate,physician fee fix,James Rohack) The Senate is not expected to vote on a proposed Medicare physician fee-fix before Friday, three days after CMS will start applying a required 21.3 percent cut to physician claims, according to the chief ... -
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Senate Considering Medicaid Extension to Avert State Funding Reductions
(Matching tags: Medicaid,Senate,House,extension,federal aid) A bill now on the floor of the Senate would extend $24 billion in enhanced federal aid to state Medicaid programs, according to a report by the Hill. ... -
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Louisiana Bill to Fund Rural Hospitals Approved by Senate
(Matching tags: Louisiana,uninsured,rural hospitals,Senate,bill,Medicaid funding) The Louisiana Senate approved a bill that would provide additional funding to rural hospitals in the state by directing the state's Department of Health and Hospitals to create a program to support access ... -
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Fee Cut Goes Into Effect, but CMS Holding Off Claims Processing
(Matching tags: Medicare,Senate,House,physician fee cut) The 21.3 percent Medicare physician fee cut automatically went into effect today, but CMS is instructing Medicare contractors to hold physicians' Medicare claims for the first 10 business days in June ... -
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Georgia Senators Likely to Vote Down 1.45% Hospital Tax
(Matching tags: Georgia,hospital fee,Senate) A Georgia bill passed by the House that would levy a 1.45 percent tax on hospitals to make up Medicaid shortfalls has stalled in the Senate, according to a report by Georgia Public Broadcasting. ... -
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Senate Passes Final Health Reform; One Last Vote in House Needed
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,legislation,Senate,reconciliation) By a vote of 56 to 43, the Senate passed changes in the health reform bill, which will now be returned to the House of Representatives for a final vote, according to a report by the New York Times. ... -
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Senate Passes Jobs Bill, Would Delay Medicare Payments Cuts to Physicians and Extend COBRA Benefit Subsidy
(Matching tags: Senate,jobs bill,COBRA extension,Medicare physician payment cut) The Senate has voted to pass the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (HR 4213), which includes language that would delay the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians until Sept. ... -
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Senate Leader Urged to Extend Extra Medicaid Funding for States
(Matching tags: Senate,Medicaid funding,jobs bill,extension) Forty-four Democratic senators are urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to introduce a bill that would extend enhanced Medicaid funding to the states after the end of the year, according to a report ... -
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Analysis Shows Senate Health Reform Bill Would Cut Number of Uninsured in Half
(Matching tags: health reform,Senate,RAND Corp.) Healthcare reform legislation passed by the Senate in December would cut the number of uninsured Americans to 25 million by 2019, a 53 percent decrease, according to a new study released by RAND Corp. ... -
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Physician Fee Fix, Other Health-Related Items Removed from Senate Jobs Bill
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Senate,information technology,COBRA,physician fee cut) Provisions to postpone a Medicare fee cut for physicians and possibly other health-related measures have been removed from the Senate jobs bill, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. ... -
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Senate Bill Penalizes States With Expanded Health Coverage
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Senate,expanded coverage) Officials in some 20 states with already expanded healthcare coverage are arguing that the health reform bill just passed by the Senate would unfairly penalize them for their expansions, according to a ... -
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Pennsylvania's Geisinger Ends Merger Talks With Scranton Hospital
(Matching tags: Senate,health reform bill) The United States Senate has voted 60-39 to approve a healthcare bill that would extend health coverage to more than 30 million uninsured, according to a report by the Washington Post. ... -
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Senate Joins House in Delaying Physician Pay Cut Until End of February
(Matching tags: Medicare,Sustainable Growth Rate,Senate,House) The U.S. Senate has joined the House in delaying implementation of the 21.2 percent Medicare pay cut for physicians from Jan. 1, 2010, to until Feb. 28, 2010, and President Obama is expected to sign the ... -
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AHA Lists Concerns With Senate Reform Bill, but Expresses Overall Support
(Matching tags: American Hospital Association,health reform,Senate) While the American Hospital Association supports passage of the Senate health reform bill that is now being voted on, the AHA has some reservations too, according to a report by AHA News Now. ... -
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Senate Democrats Release $849B Health Reform Bill
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,uninsured,insurance,Senate,taxes) The Senate Democratic Leadership has released its health reform bill for floor debate and eventually a vote by the full Senate, following passage earlier this month of a companion House bill, according ... -
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Senate Finance Committee Rejects Public Option Amendment to Healthcare Reform Bill
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Max Baucus,public option,Senate,Jay Rockefeller) In a 15-8 vote, the Senate Finance Committee rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) that would create a public healthcare insurance plan, according to a report in the Wall Street ...
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