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Senators Introduce Bill to Extend Transplant Drug Coverage

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Thad Cochran (R-MS), and Scott Brown (R-MA) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would extend immosuppressive drug coverage for kidney transplant recipients. ...More
August 3, 2011
Posted in News
AMGA Unveils Accountable Care Organization Principles

WASHINGTON—The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) has released “Accountable Care Organization Principles” which it hopes will help guide regulatory activity regarding the development of these high-performing care systems mandated by recent health reform, as well as ...More
June 4, 2010
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Outlier Payments and Health Reform

WELL MAY IS HERE, but the bundle final rule is not. At least not here as of when I am writing this article. So this seems like a great time to do a little spring cleaning and address several items of interest. ...More
May 19, 2010
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Healthcare Reform and Dialysis

HEALTHCARE is a thorny issue, and platoons of pundits have happily weighed in on the left and the right to rile up their bases over the past year. ...More
May 5, 2010
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
AMGA Launches Accountable Care Organization Learning Collaboratives

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced April 23 that it will launch two collaboratives focused on practical steps toward creating accountable care organizations. ...More
April 23, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Health Reform Mandates Industry-Gift Disclosure

As part of the healthcare reform recently signed into law, a publicly searchable Web site will list doctors who receive types of payment worth $10 or more from a drugmaker, device maker or other medical company, according to American Medical News. ...More
April 5, 2010
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
HHS Funding for Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs

WASHINGTON —Older Americans with chronic diseases can learn how to manage their conditions and take control of their health using the $27 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...More
March 31, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
House Passes Health Reform Bill

The controversial U.S. health system transformation won approval on Capitol Hill late Sunday, as stated in a report in The Wall Street Journal.According to the report, "The House gave final passage to the Senate's health legislation on a climactic 219-to-212 vote, as ...More
March 22, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Senators Introduce Bill to Extend Transplant Drug Coverage

WASHINGTON—Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., have introduced bipartisan legislation to extend immunosuppressive drug coverage for kidney transplant patients. ...More
March 16, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Report: Baxter Spent $1 Million Lobbying Against Reform Efforts

The Associated Press is reporting that Baxter International, Inc., spent $1.02 million in 2009 to lobby on the healthcare bills. That amount was up from $620,000 in the same period last year, according to a Baxter disclosure report. ...More
February 9, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation