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An Internal Revenue Service official who oversaw tax exemption at the time when the agency targeted conservative Tea Party groups is now overseeing the IRS' Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act office, according to an ABC News report.
The House of Representatives voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act for the 37th time yesterday, but the bill is headed nowhere due to Democrats' control of the Senate, according to a report from The Hill.
The National Association of Community Health Centers voiced its support in a news release for a bill on the U.S. Senate floor that would extend medical malpractice coverage to healthcare professionals volunteering in community health centers.
The FDA approved label changes for the drug zolpidem with new dosing recommendations due to next-morning impairment known to occur with use of the drug, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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The IRS is the subject of a class action lawsuit alleging that it improperly seized more than 60 million medical records of more than 10 million Americans, according to the Courthouse News Service.
A judge has issued a temporary restraining order against Phoebe Putney Health System, barring the system and the Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County from furthering the consolidation of Phoebe Putney with Palmyra Medical Center, both in Albany, Ga., according to…
In a 91-7 vote, the Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's nomination of Marilyn Tavenner as CMS administrator today, according to a report from The Hill.
Eighty-nine people have been charged for their alleged participation in various schemes across eight cities that fraudulently billed Medicare $223 million.
The Internal Revenue Service is under fire this week, as news broke of the agency's targeting conservative political groups for tougher scrutiny in their applications for tax-exempt status. The ordeal has prompted a storm of political controversy, and it may…