Hospital lobbyists, including the American Hospital Association, are gearing up to make the healthcare industry's opposition to the new debt deal known to Capitol Hill, according to a Washington Post report.
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Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, announced that Medicare average prescription drug premiums will not increase in 2012.
Florida health officials have sent the state's plan for overhauling the Medicaid program by shifting beneficiaries into managed care plans to CMS for approval, according to a Palm Beach Post report.
A debt deal that promises at least $2.1 trillion in savings over the next 10 years has been signed into law by President Obama soon after the Senate approved it with a 74-26 vote, according to a CNN report.
Florida has declined millions of dollars in grants available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — a strategy Gov. Rick Scott attributes to his detestation of the federal health law, according to a New York Times report. Florida…
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Congressional leaders from both parties reached a deal over the weekend on the debt ceiling that includes payment cuts to Medicare providers but not Medicaid, according to a Washington Post report.
Neurologists have found in a recent study that common drugs to treat multiple sclerosis lead to modest health benefits but very high costs, according to a news release from Kirkland, Wash.-based Evergreen Healthcare.
The U.S. Supreme Court has been petitioned to hear its first challenge of the healthcare reform law, according to a New York Times report.
Plano, Texas-based LifeCare Holdings and Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth have agreed to drop HealthSouth Hospital of Houston from its proposed acquisition due an investigation of HHH by the Officer of the Inspector General, according to a LifeCare news release.
Forty House Democrats have signed a letter by Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) urging other lawmakers to ensure any cuts to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program "hold children harmless," according to a report by The Hill.