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  GPO Organization Announces Steps to Increase Transparency in Group Purchasing Industry . . .
Mar 11, 2010
  OIG Releases Compendium of its Own Unimplemented Recommendations . . .
Mar 11, 2010
  CMS Posts Updated Inpatient PPS PC Pricer Files . . .
Mar 10, 2010
  President Announces Greater Use of Payment Recapture Audits to Address Fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, Other Programs . . .
Mar 10, 2010
  Federation of American Hospitals Files Comments on EHR "Meaningful Use" and Standards Rules . . .
Mar 9, 2010
  Contesting Insurer's Claim that Provider Consolidation Drives Premium Increases, AHA Letter Cites "Skyrocketing Costs for New Technologies and Pharmaceuticals" . . .
Mar 9, 2010
  Baucus, Grassley Request GAO Review of Care Safety and Quality in Long-Term Care Hospitals . . .
Mar 9, 2010
  MedPAC Releases Transcript of Last Week's Meeting . . .
Mar 7, 2010
  Citing Urban Institute Study, AHA Urges IRS to Revise Schedule H to Make Depiction of Non-Profit Hospitals' Community Benefits More Accurate . . .
Mar 6, 2010
  OIG Posts Criminal and Civil Enforcement Report for February . . .
Mar 6, 2010
  House Judiciary Subcommittee Posts Statements from Hearing on Criminal Actions Against Medicare, Medicaid Fraud . . .
Mar 5, 2010
  House Appropropriations Labor-HHS Subcommittee Posts Statements from Hearing on Health Care Fraud and Abuse . . .
Mar 5, 2010
  HRSA Releases Final Notice on Contract Pharmacy Services for 340B Drug Pricing Program . . .
Mar 4, 2010
  Baucus Jobs Bill Substitute Contains Doc Pay Fix, Other Health Provisions . . .
Mar 2, 2010
  OIG Recommends Attention to Coding, Other Steps to Address Hospital-Acquired Conditions . . .
Mar 2, 2010
  GAO Letter to Grassley Summarizes Research on Extent to Which GPOs Produce Hospital Savings on Purchases of Health Care Products . . .
Mar 1, 2010
  MedPAC Submits March Report to Congress . . .
Mar 1, 2010
  House Approps Subommittee on Labor-HHS Sets Hearing on Health Care Fraud and Abuse . . .
Feb 26, 2010
  Study Finds Market Power of California Hospitals and Physicians Helping Drive Insurance Premium Increases . . .
Feb 25, 2010
  CMS Posts Updated Inpatient PPS PC Pricer Files . . .
Feb 24, 2010
  HealthGrades Releases its List of America's 50 "Best" Hospitals, Says They Have 27 Percent Lower Mortality . . .
Feb 24, 2010
  CMS Releases FY 2011 IPPS Wage Comparison Data Files . . .
Feb 23, 2010
  OIG Releases 3 Advisory Opinions on Use of a "Preferred Hospital" Network as Part of Medigap Insurance . . .
Feb 23, 2010
  CMS Releases Updated IPPS Wage Index Data Files . . .
Feb 22, 2010
  OIG, Finding That RACs Made 2 Fraud Referrals in 2005 - 2008 Period, Recommends Training Them . . .
Feb 19, 2010
 
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