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IRS reviewing community benefit expenditures
The Internal Revenue Service has embarked on a review of the community benefit activities of tax-exempt hospitals as specified in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, reports AHA News Now
Americans disfavor reform and repeal
On the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a new survey shows Americans remain split on the law, with a trend toward disfavoring but not repealing
Senator seeks physician-owner exemption on new hospital
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is seeking an exemption on physician hospital ownership for a new hospital planned to open in Murrieta, Calif., according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise. Feinstein
Health reform leaves physician-owned hospitals out in the cold
In an effort to crack down on physician self-referral to hospitals they owned, healthcare reform legislation effectively prohibits most expansion or adding of physician-owned hospitals after Dec. 31.
SPOTLIGHT: Democrats reluctantly consider rethinking reform package
Throughout the health reform legislation process, the White House has had a core set of goals it held to firmly despite enormous pushback from the Republican side of the aisle. That might have made
Health reform won't stop refusals to cover treatments, advocates warn
With health reform reaching the beachhead, painfully, and perhaps having a chance of passing at long last, nobody likes having to think about what didn't go right. But the truth is, not only is the
MGMA 2009: Time to get your business moving
Today, another MGMA session was held in which an extremely sharp consultant explained how physicians could improve their practice operations, quality, turnover rates, patient satisfaction and
Healthcare reform to pass by year end
President Obama will sign a finalized piece of healthcare reform legislation within the next two months, current and former members of Congress predicted at a healthcare recent forum held by Politics
Senate may kill section of reform bill dubbed 'death panel' by critics
First, let's begin with the facts: There isn't and never was a "death panel" deciding who had the right to live or die included in any version of the health reform legislation coming out of Congress.
Healthcare reform stirs deep emotions at Philly town hall
From the temperature in the room, it could just as well have been a U.K. soccer match. But no, ordinary citizens had come out to an event in which they discussed--or shouted at each other and the
