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Former CMS chiefs want SGR repeal
Four former administrators of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week all agreed that the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for physicians is completely broken and needs to be replaced, reported Kaiser Health News .
CMS lacks 'strategic vision'
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the agency charged with the monumental task of transforming healthcare in America, lacks a coherent, consolidated strategic vision, according to
Healthcare spending could reach $4.5 trillion by 2019
Healthcare spending jumped 1.1 percentage points in 2009, and now accounts for 17.3 percent of the economy. Within two years, though, government spending on healthcare is projected to be more than
Bill would create federal research institute
A new bill has been introduced in the Senate that would create a central federal agency tasked with researching the benefits of various procedures in treating common medical conditions. The bill caps
