Senate confirms Marilyn Tavenner as CMS Administrator *

USA - May 20 2013
On May 15, 2013, the Senate approved Marilyn Tavenner's nomination to serve as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…

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IOM Committee releases interim findings on geographic value index *

USA - April 1 2013
On March 22, 2013, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Care (IOM…

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CMS provides progress report to Senate Finance Committee on healthcare reform efforts, highlighting decrease in hospital readmission rates *

USA - March 4 2013
On February 28, 2013, the acting principal deputy administrator and director of CMS, Jonathan Blum, provided a progress report to the Senate Finance…

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HHS and DOJ release annual report on Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, which recovered $4.2 billion in FY 2012 *

USA - February 18 2013
On February 13, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) released their annual report for…

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Eleventh Circuit rules that Florida’s patient self-referral law is not preempted by the Stark Law *

USA - January 22 2013
On January 10, 2013, the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion holding that Florida's patient self-referral law is not preempted by the federal Stark…

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