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March 9 · Issue #35 · View online
Providing you with the latest health care headlines almost daily. Carefully crafted by Shawn Rossi. Questions? Email srossi@mhanet.org.
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Gov. Bryant posts to facebook with concerns on new healthcare law proposal
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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare makes Fortune's 100 Great Place to Work List
Find companies, and get insights and jobs at these Great Workplaces. Company salaries, reviews, and more.
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UMMC 'collaborative' bill passes Senate
Bill stripped of exemptions to public records, anti-trust, taxes to address other hospitals’ concerns
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Patient safety a focus at NMMC-Eupora
When we talk about patient safety, do you really know what is being talked about? Maybe you think of patient safety as making sure you are identified as the right person, or you do not fall during your time as a patient.
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Two Democratic congressmen say Trump wants to support their Medicare drug-price effort
Trump may finally do something to lower drug prices
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Democrats Say Trump Agreed to Pursue Authority to Negotiate Drug Prices
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Cummings: Trump commits to strong push for Medicare drug price negotiation
According to Cummings, Trump said he doesn’t care about the opposition he will face from the GOP.
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Amid federal uncertainty, states confront opioid crisis
State lawmakers have considered about 1,000 measures in the past year aimed at confronting the mounting opioid epidemic, as heroin use spikes and overdoses claim thousands of lives across the country.
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Senators want to prevent surprise colonoscopy bills
Maine Sen. Susan Collins is among a group of senators that wants to make sure senior citizens aren’t charged with unexpected bills after a colonoscopy.
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HHS says it can't clear Medicare appeals backlog by 2021 deadline
HHS officials say they don’t have the money or resources to clear their backlog of Medicare billing appeals by a court-imposed 2021 deadline.
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Joint Commission: Step Up Your Safety Game
Bad things can happen to patients in health care organizations that lack a true culture of safety. A Sentinel Event Alert issued by the Joint Commission Wednesday lays the blame squarely on the people who lead those organizations.
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Innovation In Serious Illness Care Payment: Progress To Date And Opportunities For The New Administration
Innovation In Serious Illness Care Payment: Progress To Date And Opportunities For The New Administration | At the intersection of health, health care, and policy.
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Healthcare Competition Needs a Priority Check and Reset, Experts Say
Farzad Mostashari, MD, the former National Coordinator for Health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services and Martin S. Gaynor, a professor of economics and health policy discuss how policy helps and/or harms competition in the healthcare marketplace.
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Price breaks public silence on health IT policy
HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price missed two high-profile opportunities to take a stand on health information technology policy Tuesday, but used a third communication to assure that the federal government will continue to push health IT interoperability.
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Lured by MACRA bonuses, more Medicare ACOs venture into risk
When the Accountable Care Coalition of Southeast Texas and the Accountable Care Coalition of Chesapeake joined Medicare’s Next Generation ACO model, they took on significant financial risk, but had more flexibility to change the way they cared for patients.
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Every major hospital association opposes AHCA: 4 things to know
By Wednesday, every major hospital entity in the U.S. expressed opposition to the American Health Care Act unveiled by GOP leaders Monday.
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Health Groups Denounce G.O.P. Bill as Its Backers Scramble
Influential medical groups warned that the plan would lead to a rise in the uninsured, leaving House Republicans scrambling to marshal support.
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Doctors, hospitals and insurers oppose Republican health plan
Attacks from left and right raise doubts the bill can pass.
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Health care providers oppose GOP bill to repeal Obamacare
The nation’s leading hospital and doctor groups are lining up against the Republican health care bill, saying they fear millions of Americans will lose coverage.
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American Medical Association Opposes Republican Health Plan
The doctors’ group, which backed the Affordable Care Act, said it was concerned that too many people would lose health coverage under the House bill.
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Opposition Mounts as GOP’s Health Bill Undergoes Review
Groups representing hospitals, doctors and seniors are urging House Republican leaders to put the brakes on their plan to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, saying it risks stripping too many people of insurance and in some cases would hurt industry finances.
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Health care overhaul scores early triumph
House Republicans scored a pre-dawn triumph Thursday in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, but it masked deeper problems as hospitals, doctors and consumer groups mounted intensifying opposition to the GOP health care drive.
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Republican Study Committee pushes two changes to ObamaCare bill
The Republican Study Committee (RSC) is pushing two changes to the House GOP’s bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare, Chairman Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) told reporters Wednesday.
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Insurers asking for major changes in ACA repeal bill
The head of the largest insurance lobbying group urged House Republicans Wednesday to rethink several central features of their new ACA repeal bill, including age-based tax credits and proposed changes to Medicaid funding.
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GOP chairman hits back at hospitals on ObamaCare bill
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) on Wednesday hit back against hospital groups that are opposing the GOP’s ObamaCare repeal legislation.
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Conway pushes back on 'TrumpCare' label for GOP healthcare bill
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DNC chairman: ‘Reckless’ repeal plan shows GOP clueless on health policy
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Battle erupts over 'TrumpCare' | TheHill
A war of words has broken out over the GOP’s ObamaCare replacement bill.
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Five Ways The GOP Health Bill Would Reverse Course From The ACA
Still missing is an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office that will detail not only how much the proposal will cost, but also how many people would gain or lose health insurance.
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Cruz: House's ObamaCare repeal bill can't pass the Senate | TheHill
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned Wednesday that a House bill to repeal ObamaCare can’t pass the Senate without substantial changes.
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Trump to dine with Cruz amid healthcare push
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will dine with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday night, White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced.
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Paul 'emboldened' by Trump tweeting at him on ObamaCare
“I don’t feel isolated by this. I actually feel emboldened,“ Paul said of Trump’s tweet.
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Collins: 'I'm not crazy' about ObamaCare repeal bill
Collins predicted that the House bill in its current form will face problems in the Senate.
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What's in the Obamacare replacement bill, anyway? 13 things to know about the ACA repeal bill
House Republicans released a bill on March 6 that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The 123-page bill, named the American Health Care Act, includes major changes to healthcare in the nation. Here’s a rundown of some key components of the law to track as markups take place this week.
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ACA repeal bill would cap Medicaid payments below actual costs
The House Republican proposal to revamp Medicaid financing would shrink federal payments to the states significantly over time, increase the uninsured rate and boost uncompensated care costs, experts say.
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