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Berwick's resignation from CMS bad news for health IT
The resignation of Don Berwick last week after 18 months as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should be a cause of concern in the healthcare industry, as well as
Leavitt: HIT standards development slow, but U.S. on the right track
Michael Leavitt, the Secretary of Health and Human Services during the second term of President George W. Bush, expressed strong support for the Obama Administration's health IT incentive program
Health reform law to reach Supreme Court next year
The much-debated constitutionality of President Obama's health reform legislation could be decided by the Supreme Court early next year, reports the Los Angeles Times. After passing on a full appeal
Obama appoints two more doctors to health advisory group
President Obama on Friday named two doctors to the Presidential Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health. Dr. Richard Binder is Medical Director at
Republicans backing away from Medicare proposal
The Republican House delegation, emboldened just a few weeks ago by an ambitious plan to remake Medicare into a voucher system , now appears to be backing away from such a proposal, report the
Poll shows little senior support for Medicare vouchers
A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows scant support among seniors for a Republican proposal to restructure the Medicare system. Only 30 percent of those seniors polled say they approve of
Berwick: Automatic payment cuts are unnecessary
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick said that President Obama's proposal to empower the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board to impose automatic payment
Obama to issue own plan on cutting Medicare, Medicaid
In a response to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and the GOP's proposal to overhaul Medicare and Medicaid, President Obama will unveil his own plans for the entitlement programs, reports the Associated Press
Obama shows support for loosening state ACA requirements
President Obama told visiting governors at the White House on Monday that he would support proposed legislation that would allow states to opt out of Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements--such as
Senate defeats repeal, overturns 1099 reporting rule
To nobody's surprise, the Senate voted against a repeal of the healthcare reform law in a 47-51 vote that followed party lines, the Washington Post reports. The vote came Wednesday, two weeks after
