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Big Medicaid Cuts Possible Next Year, With Federal Support Due to End
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Medicaid,legislation,state funding) States may be forced to slash Medicaid reimbursements yet more next year, after generous federal enhancements are due to end, according to a report by Kaiser Health News. -
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Physicians Could Apologize Without Fear Under Proposed Michigan Law
(Matching tags: Michigan,legislation,tort reform,apologies) Under proposed Michigan legislation, physicians could express regrets to patients without fear the words would be used against them in a malpractice case, according to a report by the Detroit Free Press. ... -
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FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule
(Matching tags: red flags rule,legislation,FTC,billing,identity theft) The FTC has announced it is delaying enforcement of the Red Flags Rule, which aims to prevent identity theft, until the end of the year. -
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Wealthy Hospitals Would Pay $100M in Bill Passed by Massachusetts Senate
(Matching tags: hospitals,legislation,Massachusetts,small employers) Under a bill just passed by the Massachusetts Senate, hospitals with large capital reserves would contribute to the state $100 million total to help reduce healthcare costs for small employers, according ... -
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Medical Societies Voice Their Support of Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act
(Matching tags: AMA,legislation,ASA,transparency) The American Medical Association and a separate coalition of 11 medical societies have thrown their support behind the Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010, introduced by Representatives John ... -
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President Obama Signs Bill to Fund New Colorado VA Hospital
(Matching tags: legislation,hospital construction,Department of Veterans Affairs) A new U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital planned for Aurora, Colo. will receive $800 million in funding from a bill signed by President Barack Obama, according to a report in the Denver Business ... -
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Conn. Bill Provides Funds for New UConn Health Center Tower
(Matching tags: construction,legislation,Connecticut) The Connecticut House and Senate have approved a $362 million initiative that would give the University of Connecticut Health Center campus in Farmington, Conn., a new tower that is expected to bring in ... -
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Colorado State Representatives Introduce Bill Creating Surgical Tech Registry
(Matching tags: legislation,Colorado,surgical techs,registry) Citing recent legal cases involving surgical technicians, Colorado State Representatives Debbie Benefield and Sara Gagliardi outlined new legislation they introduced that calls for a surgical tech registry ... -
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Florida Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Medicare Fraud Bill
(Matching tags: Medicare fraud,Florida,legislation,screening,penalties) Democrats and Republicans in the Florida state legislature have announced a bill aimed at fighting the $1 billion Medicare fraud problem, according to a report in the South Florida Business Journal. -
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House Passes Health Reform in Final Vote
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,legislation,House) The House of Representatives passed the health reform bill by a vote of 220-207 in the final vote in a complicated legislative process, according to a report by the New York Times. -
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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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Florida Senate Proposes Malpractice Protection for ER Physicians
(Matching tags: hospitals,Florida,legislation,tort reform,emergency rooms) Republicans in the Florida Senate have proposed legislation that would make physicians, nurses and paramedics who work in emergency rooms "agents of the state," protecting them from medical malpractice ... -
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Maine Legislature Rejects Changes to Hospital Merger Process
(Matching tags: hospitals,mergers,legislation,Maine,regulations) In a committee meeting, Maine lawmakers removed a measure that would simplify the regulatory process for hospital and healthcare provider mergers, according to a report in The Sun Journal. -
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Some States Vow to Take Healthcare Reform Battle to Courts
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Georgia,Texas,legislation,Kansas,Constitution) As President Obama signed the sweeping healthcare reform overhaul bill into law, some states are planning to challenge it in court. Already, several states have moved in that direction, arguing the bill's ... -
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Maryland Hospital Association Obtains Amendments to State Fraud Legislation
(Matching tags: Maryland,legislation,healthcare fraud,Maryland Hospital Association) The Maryland Hospital Association has persuaded state lawmakers to add several amendments to a new healthcare fraud bill, according to a report by the Baltimore Business Journal. -
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Proposed Florida Bill Would Increase Efforts to Combat Medicare Fraud
(Matching tags: Medicare fraud,Florida,legislation,Attorney General) A new bill proposed in the Florida legislature would give the state's attorney general power to investigate private managed care companies that administer Medicaid, according to a report in the South Florida ... -
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Providers Must Disclose Prices of Common Procedures Under New Wisconsin Bill
(Matching tags: Wisconsin,legislation,transparency,prices) Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed legislation that requires hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers to disclose the cost of the most common procedures they perform so consumers have price-estimates ... -
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New Mexico Measure Would Impose Restrictions on Insurers
(Matching tags: legislation,New Mexico,insurers,premiums) New Mexico insurers would be required to commit 85 percent of premiums toward actual healthcare services, under provisions of a bill passed by the state legislature, according to a story in New Mexico ... -
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Florida Nurses Rally for Improved Staffing Ratios
(Matching tags: Florida,patient safety,nurses,legislation,staffing) Around 175 nurses from across Florida rallied in Tallahassee to ask state lawmakers to base nurse-to-patient ratios on patient acuity, according to a report in the St. Petersburg Times. -
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Minnesota, New York Propose Bans on Industry Gifts
(Matching tags: New York,Minnesota,legislation,industry gifts) Minnesota and New York are looking to join Massachusetts and Vermont in restricting industry gifts to physicians and enacting other measures to limit the influence pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers ... -
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Five-Year Fix for Medicare Doctor Pay Cuts in Works
(Matching tags: AMA,Medicare,legislation,physician fee) As lobbying intensifies, momentum is building to provide a five-year reprieve that would block a 21-percent fee cut to physicians who treat Medicare patients. If no legislative action is taken this month, ... -
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Congressional Democrats Delaying Health Reform
(Matching tags: health reform,legislation,Harry Reid,Democrats,Steny Hoyer) Congressional Democrats appear to have postponed efforts to pass health reform following the loss of their 60-vote, filibuster-proof Senate majority in a special election in Massachusetts, according to ... -
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President Obama Considers Scaling Back Health Reform Bill
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,President Obama,legislation) After Senate Democrats lost their filibuster-proof majority in a Massachusetts special election, President Obama told ABC News he would consider scaling back Congressional health reform legislation, according ... -
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Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act Introduced in Senate
(Matching tags: legislation,health insurance,antitrust,Patrick Leahy,medical malpractice) Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced S. 1681, the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, which would "ensure health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance ... -
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Legislation Introduced to Allow Healthcare Providers to Report Stark Law Violations
(Matching tags: Stark Law,legislation,self-referral,Jim McDermott,HR 3556,self-disclosure) Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced HR 3556, which would provide a mechanism for healthcare providers and suppliers to disclose actual and potential violations of the physician self-referral law, according ... -
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New Jersey Legislation Requires Fuller Hospital Error Disclosures
(Matching tags: hospitals,New Jersey,legislation,error reporting) New legislation, to be signed into law by New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, requires hospitals in the state to make public more detailed information regarding medical errors, according to a report in the Philadelphia ... -
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U.S. House Introduces First Draft Healthcare Reform Legislation; Seeks to Restrict Physician Ownership
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,physician-owned hospitals,Physician Hospitals of America,legislation) The U.S. House of Representatives issued the first draft of its healthcare reform legislation, which could have "a devastating effect on physician-owned hospitals," according to a news release from the ...
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