CMS Administrator Don Berwick, MD, tried to counter his image as a proponent of rationing and healthcare bureaucracy in his first major speech since taking office, according to a report by the St. Petersburg Times.
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Countering claims by business groups, two new independent studies conclude the healthcare reform law would help a large number of small businesses, including physicians' offices, according to a report by the American Medical News.
U.S. hospitals are facing a spate of at least eight fatal shootings so far this year, but most of them still are still avoiding use of metal detectors, according to a report by Scripps News.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson has agreed to hear a lawsuit by 20 state Attorneys General against the healthcare reform law, according to a Reuters report.
Assuming the Republicans win big in the Nov. 2 Congressional elections, can the healthcare reform law be repealed, defunded or watered down in some way?
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When CMS begins reimbursing Medicare Advantage plans based on quality in 2012, plans covering three-quarters of enrollees wouldn’t be eligible for bonus payments, if current quality scores still hold, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
For the first time, consumers are now able to view ratings for cardiac surgery groups for bypass surgery in a listing on the Consumer Reports website, according to a report by Consumer Reports.
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told CBS’s "Face the Nation" he wants to repeal the healthcare reform law and replace it with less intrusive healthcare reforms proposed by Republicans, according to a report by CNS News.
The California Medical Association is suing Blue Shield of California over its rating system for physicians, calling it inaccurate and misleading, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius said HHS would monitor health insurers who make "unjustified" rate increases attributed to mandates in the healthcare reform law, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.