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SPOTLIGHT: Kennedy championed health IT, HIPAA
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) was an unlikely champion of health IT. As the second-most-senior member of the august body known as the U.S. Senate, you'd think that he wouldn't understand newfangled... Read more...
Kennedy's healthcare legacy will be remembered
In all likelihood, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), who lost his battle with brain cancer Tuesday night, will be remembered more, professionally, for his contributions in the arena of healthcare than... Read more...
Bill to reduce uninsured by 16M carries $1T price tag
Is reducing the number of uninsured people in the United States by 16 million worth $1 trillion over a 10-year time span? That's what the Congressional Budget Office estimates a bill to reform... Read more...
Obama backs expanded powers for MedPAC
Do you think it's a good idea for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to go from an advice-only body to one that has significant power over reimbursement? President Obama does, and he's thrown... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Sen. Kennedy reform proposal resembles MA plan
Always influential, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) is likely to be a particularly interesting voice in the health reform debate this year. So it should be interesting to learn the details of what he... Read more...
Senators urge end to fight over e-prescribing controlled substances
For a couple of years now, regulatory agencies and legislators have been wrangling over e-prescribing. On the whole, legislators and health officials seem pretty convinced that e-prescribing is a... Read more...
Doctors, researchers slam MA reforms as national model
While the Obama Administration has praised Massachusetts healthcare reforms, some physicians there aren't so thrilled with how things are working out--and they're urging the administration to... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: A quiet consensus emerges on health reform
If you think there's little common ground to be found among the varied stakeholders in healthcare, you'd be wrong. Led by Senate veteran Edward Kennedy (D-MA), a group embracing hospitals, health... Read more...
Study: Some healthcare reform bills are better than others
Congress got a little excited at the end of their last session, and introduced almost a dozen bills intended to shrink the number of uninsured patients in the U.S. And while no one bill is likely to... Read more...
