A misunderstanding about a hospital's expansion plans has resulted in a confirmation by Alabama's Planning and Development Agency's Certificate of Need Review Board that hospitals need a certificate of need to add new medical services, according to an Anniston Star…
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In commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Edward D. Miller, MD, dean and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Scott A. Berkowitz, MD, assistant professor of medicine and medical director for Accountable Care for…
American College of Surgeons, 20 Others Offer Guide on Operations Requiring Physicians as Assistants
CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.The American College of Surgeons and 20 other surgical specialty organizations jointly published the 2011 Physicians as Assistants at Surgery, which guides…
President Obama said at a town hall meeting in Minnesota as part of his Midwest tour that he is confident the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the individual mandate, will be upheld by the Supreme Court, assuming they…
Twelve Illinois lawmakers, including U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R) and U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert (R) have asked CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, to review the agency's decision to prohibit the state's Medicaid program for requiring Medicaid applicants to show income…
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A federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled that the insurance mandate provision of the healthcare reform law is unconstitutional, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has chosen the final three members to complete the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, which is charged with finding $1.5 trillion in savings by Thanksgiving, according to a BusinessWeek report.
Republican and Democratic leaders have chosen nine of the 12 members comprising the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, which is charged with finding $1.5 trillion in savings by Thanksgiving, according to multiple news sources.
Kansas is rejecting $31.5 million in federal funds for building a health insurance exchange, according to a Reuters report.
Six Georgia primary care physicians have filed a lawsuit alleging that CMS and HHS are violating federal laws, including the PPACA, by relying on the American Medical Association to set the value for various physician services compensated by Medicare, according…