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NewsAnother one-month 'doc-fix' patch is likely
Despite hard lobbying by the American Medical Association for Congress to pass a 13-month patch to the Sustainable Growth Rate formula--which would prevent doctors from seeing a 23 percent cut in Read more...
Grassley leery of CMS contractor conflicts of interest
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) is back to pounding on Medicare's door for answers. Last Friday, he shot off another letter to CMS Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick, focusing on possible conflicts of Read more...
Grassley: CMS too soft on contractors
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' oversight of its contractors is too lax, according to a letter Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and CMS Read more...
Medical associations' corporate ties under the spotlight
The American Medical Association and American Dental Association are among some of the more secretive medical nonprofits when it comes to disclosing ties to drug and device companies, according to Read more...
Contractors were in no hurry to pursue Medicare cheaters
Contractors hired as private eyes to combat Medicare fraud have let cases go cold, Associated Press reports. Although $835 million in questionable Medicare payments were identified by private Read more...
Harvard Medical School tightens conflict-of-interest rules up another notch
It's getting harder to buy Harvard Medical School faculty, now that it has released a stricter conflict-of-interest policy. The new policy requires faculty to disclose financial interests on a new Read more...
New CMS Chief: Berwick would bring renewed focus to patient safety, quality improvement
Lowering healthcare costs while expanding access has been the talk of the town in Washington, but the chatter circulating today has placed renewed emphasis on patient safety and quality improvement Read more...
Long-term acute-care hospitals face growing scrutiny
The Senate Finance Committee has launched an investigation into quality-of-care concerns at the nation's roughly 400 long-term acute-care (LTAC) hospitals. The committee oversees the Medicare Read more...
Proposal would require federal lawmakers to buy health coverage on an exchange
Here's a "put your money where your mouth is" reform proposal. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has proposed an amendment to the health reform package that would force federal legislators to buy their Read more...
Stanford faculty required to disclose ties to industry
As part of an ongoing revision of its conflict-of-interest and disclosure policies, Stanford University's Medical School is set to publish a list of consulting fees and other income its faculty Read more...
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