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NewsDow Jones sues to expose Medicare payment data on crooked docs
Since 1979, a court injunction has blocked access to Medicare records that would reveal which doctors are bilking the $500 billion system. Yesterday, Dow Jones & Company, the Wall Street Read more...
Grassley: CMS ignored repeated Medicare fraud warnings
Senator Chuck Grassley is a bit upset with CMS, and he's managed to make sure the press knows it, too. His office has released data suggesting that CMS received at least 30 warnings from inspectors Read more...
Senate Finance Committee passes healthcare bill
Get ready for a healthcare smack down later this month. With the Senate Finance Committee's 14-9 approval of its healthcare reform bill yesterday, the measure will move to a full floor debate, Read more...
Senate may kill section of reform bill dubbed 'death panel' by critics
First, let's begin with the facts: There isn't and never was a "death panel" deciding who had the right to live or die included in any version of the health reform legislation coming out of Congress. Read more...
Wyeth paid ghostwriters to pen journal articles on hormone replacement therapy
In a practice that is proving to be sadly common, it appears that drugmaker Wyeth paid ghostwriters to prepare dozens of articles on hormone replacement therapy that were published in journals under Read more...
Medtronic deal with spine surgeon draws Grassley's ire
Continuing his efforts to keep a spotlight on cozy financial relationships between industry players and physicians, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is asking tough questions about the relationship between Read more...
Senate GOP members push health co-op rather than public-option health plan
It seems that the so-called "public option" may be the issue that does the most to try to get the patients of both parties engaged in the health reform debate. While Democrats in the Senate are Read more...
Grassley wants to see med schools' conflict of interest policies
Continuing his campaign to clean up healthcare industry relationships, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has asked 23 medical schools to share details on their conflict-of-interest policies. Grassley's Read more...
Tweaks could help GOP accept 'co-op' health plan
Even though there are some lingering concerns, Congressional Republicans and Democrats may finally have found some common ground when it comes to healthcare, according to Modern Healthcare. Sen. Kent Read more...
RI legislature may limit non-profit hospital execs' pay
In most cases, a non-profit hospital executive's pay is between them and the board. Still, if it's a high number, it can create a lot of, let us say, misunderstandings when it shows up in a newspaper Read more...
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