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IL considering bill limiting charges to uninsured

May 29, 2008 — 6:59am ET
The state of Illinois is considering a bill that would set limits on what hospitals would be allowed to charge and collect from eligible uninsured patients. Under the terms of the bill, which was... Read more...

Pharma gift disclosure law wins Eli Lilly support

May 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
While its peers appear to be firmly opposed to such rules, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has decided to support federal legislation that would require drugmakers to disclose payments to doctors.... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Critics urge changes in Ala. CON laws; Mass. AG urges hospital changes; and much more...

March 7, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> Critics are urging Alabama's governor to work changes in the state's process for approving new healthcare beds. Read more...

Patients avoid genetic tests, fearing insurer backlash

February 26, 2008 — 7:59am ET
As FierceHealthcare readers know, researchers soon hope to tailor treatments to patients based on their genetic profile. The thing is, it will be hard to do that if patients are reluctant to take... Read more...

Closing the children's healthcare gap

October 12, 2007 — 6:59am ET
It's never fun to be reminded that big quality gaps still exist in our healthcare system. It's even more troubling to learn, Read more...

Congress poised to give more power to the FDA

September 20, 2007 — 6:59am ET
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill designed to give the FDA more money and more authority to monitor and enforce drug safety rules. The bill, which is expected to pass the Senate... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: MI keeps volume regs for open-heart programs; Senate approves mental health parity; and much more...

September 19, 2007 — 6:59am ET
> Michigan hospital regulators have re-affirmed rules which require hospitals to perform at least 300 open-heart surgeries a year to maintain their programs. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Senate agrees to expand SCHIP; Minnesota cardiology program takes fly-ins; and much more...

August 6, 2007 — 6:59am ET
> Despite facing the threat of a veto from President Bush, the U.S. Senate agreed to add 3 million children from lower-income families to SCHIP. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: HHS promotes mass casualty preparations; LSU gets nurse anesthetist grant; and much more...

July 5, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> HHS has awarded $430 million to states to improve hospitals' ability to respond to mass casualties. Article

> Louisiana State University's New Orleans-based nursing school has received a grant designed to help it train nurse anesthetists. Article

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Bill would open Medicare data to research

June 10, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

A bill making the rounds in the U.S. Senate would open up Medicare data to private organizations that want to use it for research and analysis. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Judd Gregg (R-NJ), would make claims, enrollment, survey, assessment and other available to private groups hoping to measure care quality, efficiency and effectiveness. Other stakeholders would then have the right to request reports from the research organizations. The research organizations …

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