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NewsMcClellan: ACOs difficult but possible
"ACOs are not made up of a few steps, but fundamental change...in organizations 'walking the walk' in improving care and lowering costs," said Director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform Read more...
CBO: Healthcare to soar to about 10% of GDP spending
If current laws remain, healthcare spending will make up 9 percent of the total gross domestic product (GDP) in 2035, up from the current 5.6 percent, toppling record-breaking debt the government has Read more...
Republican plan would move Medicare beneficiaries into costly private plans
Seniors would have to pay for nearly 68 percent of their Medicare costs under a proposal to revamp Medicare, unveiled earlier this week by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). With Read more...
Fewer specialists willing to treat Medicaid patients, raising questions for expansion
The number of specialist physicians who are willing to treat patients enrolled in Medicaid is shrinking perilously and could complicate the program's planned expansion under federal healthcare Read more...
CBO chief disputes GOP claims on healthcare reform appropriations
The head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office was at odds with Republican lawmakers early this week over $105 billion in long-term appropriations to implement the Patient Protection and Read more...
Opponents of health reform cite CBO job estimates
If yesterday's testimony by Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf that the healthcare reform law could lead to 800,000 fewer people working is indicative of anything, it's that Read more...
Advocates of repeal foresee ominous future
Opponents of the healthcare reform predict a grim future for America if the Affordable Care Act is not repealed. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and a former director of Read more...
Preventive care hasn't caught on yet
A provision in the Affordable Care Act requires Medicare and new health plans to give Americans free preventive care. The free tests will include 45 preventive screenings and services such as Read more...
CBO estimates 23 million will remain uninsured after health reform
Although the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the healthcare overhaul will eventually cover 32 million more Americans, it admits that about 23 million people will still be left out of Read more...
Obama preps for reform showdown
President Obama has finally stepped up to the plate and presented his own plan for health reform. Obama's proposal is modeled after the reform bill that the U.S. Senate passed in December. However, Read more...
| Press ReleasesAnson General Hospital Leverages Prognosis HIS EHR to Attest to Meaningful Use RequirementsQuick compliance with ARRA requirements enables community hospital to join elite groupHOUSTON, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Anson General Hospital is proving that small community hospitals don't Read more >> CHOICE Administrators Exchange Services Issues Seven-Step Strategy to Help States Comply with Health Reform MandatesORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As America’s 50 states grapple with how to comply with required elements of healthcare reform, CHOICE Administrators Exchange Services, the nation’s leader in Read more >> Business Roundtable Statement on House Energy and Commerce Committee Action on Medical LiabilityWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Business Roundtable today released the following statement: “Business Roundtable commends the House Energy and Commerce Committee for moving forward H.R.5, the Help Read more >> Polyglot Systems, Inc. Launches Its Newest Version of AVA™“New Software Speeds Health Insurance Enrollment for Low-Literate Applicants” MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Polyglot Systems, Inc. has successfully deployed another piece of technology to Read more >> Obamacare Still Unhealthy to Nation’s Bottom LineWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, on the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) expressed its Read more >> |
