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The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote today on whether to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), an independent panel called for in the Affordable Care Act established to keep Medicare costs in check, if Congress doesn't have the political will to do it themselves.
The Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) will host Ohio hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and federal healthcare officials on Friday, March 23, in Columbus to begin the implementation of the Partnership for Patients program.
Health IT alone is not the panacea for reducing healthcare costs system-wide, but it's "a very important and credible aspect," according to Justin Barnes, vice president government affairs at Greenway Medical Technologies.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) is a strong voice opposing the Affordable Care Act and is considered an up-and-coming political force.
President Barack Obama's home state of Illinois, and the same state that elected a Democratic governor in 2010 who promised to raise taxes to fix the budget, sent a moderate message to the Republican Party with a strong win by Mitt Romney in the March 20 GOP primary.
Illinois, the home state of President Barack Obama, and the same state that elected a Democratic governor in 2010 despite saying he would raise taxes to fix the budget, sent a moderate message to the Republican Party with a strong win by Mitt Romney in the March 20 GOP primary.
Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 would seek to repeal the Affordable Care Act and again contains a major overhaul of Medicare via competition and premium support.
As reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Thursday, overall hospital prices have increased over the last year.
As the director of a federal agency for healthcare research and quality, Carolyn Clancy, MD, leads the country in trying to find ways the healthcare system can improve in quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness.
The Supreme Court will likely uphold the health reform law or put it off until after the elections by upholding the Anti-Injunction Act, which is one of the foundations of the lawsuit, according to many industry experts.