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Smart card plan proposed to combat Medicare fraud
Bills have been introduced in both houses of Congress to require the use of smart cards to combat Medicare fraud. What's unclear is who would pay for the technology, which might cost nearly $1
Senators' bipartisan push would publicize MDs' Medicare claims data
Senators Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the "Strengthening Program Integrity and Accountability in Health Care Act of 2011" yesterday, with a key provision that would
Telehealth, m-health advocates call for major reimbursement changes
Dr. Mohit Kaushal, digital healthcare director of the Federal Communications Commission's Omnibus Broadband Initiative, is a big booster of mobile healthcare technologies. (What other government
Senate panel explores home health monitoring technologies
Now we're getting somewhere. After a year of acrimonious debate, politically motivated distortions and gamesmanship in the name of passing "healthcare reform," some members of Congress finally turned
HHS nominee Sebelius open to fast tracking health reform
At her Senate confirmation hearing yesterday, Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Kathleen Sebelius said that she was open to a fast tracking strategy for pushing through pending health reform
Wyden, Cooper hope to dump employer-based health insurance system
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) don't agree on a lot--Wyden's a liberal Dem and Cooper a conservative Southerner--but they've come together to champion a cause that hasn't gotten
Study: Some healthcare reform bills are better than others
Congress got a little excited at the end of their last session, and introduced almost a dozen bills intended to shrink the number of uninsured patients in the U.S. And while no one bill is likely to
