Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee see the administration’s enhanced anti-fraud efforts as a key strategy to trim the federal budget, and one senator voiced interest in lifting a long-time ban on examining payments to physicians for fraud, according to…
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House Republicans have introduced a bill that would eliminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which has been given powers under the healthcare reform law to set Medicare rates, starting in 2015, according to a report by the Hill.
The AMA has issued a statement defending the privacy of physician payment data in the face of a lawsuit filed by Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal.
In his State of the Union Address, President Obama said he was willing work with Republicans on malpractice reform, but both sides have very different conceptions of what the reforms should be, according to a report by the Washington Post.…
A bipartisan malpractice reform bill just introduced in the House would cap non-economic damages at $250,000, mirroring successful laws in California and Texas, according to a release by the AMA.
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Congressional Republicans attacking the healthcare reform law are focusing on five provisions in it, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
The Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing yesterday on medical liability reform to address possible ways to cut costs and spur investment through liability reform, according to a news release by the Health…
Following the GOP-controlled House's vote to repeal the healthcare reform law, four House committees mapped out plans to investigate the reform law, pass malpractice reform, provide more choice in health insurance and reduce costs of insurance for small businesses, according…
The House passed a bill to repeal the healthcare reform law by a vote of 245 to 189, with unanimous GOP support plus the votes of three Democrats, according to a report by Politico.
In his blog, new Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) answers Democrats' arguments against repeal of the healthcare reform law, which the House plans to vote on this week.