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Bush names Barker
acting general counsel at HHS
 

President Bush has named Thomas Barker to lead HHS’ 400 lawyers as acting general counsel, the department announced.

  FULL STORY     PUBLISHED:  May 08, 2008  ACCESS:  REG


SSM signs deal to shed
struggling Ill. hospital
 

SSM Health Care, St. Louis, announced a deal to unload a struggling suburban Chicago hospital that the system previously announced it would close.

  FULL STORY     PUBLISHED:  May 08, 2008  ACCESS:  REG


Lawmakers submit bill to block
SCHIP enrollment directive
 

Reps. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) have introduced a bill that would block a CMS directive that set tighter requirements for enrolling children from higher-income families in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

  FULL STORY     PUBLISHED:  May 08, 2008  ACCESS:  REG


Ga. laws boost
high-deductible plans, HSAs
 

 
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed two bills that provide tax breaks to insurance companies and aim to help residents afford healthcare coverage by combining high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts.

  FULL STORY     PUBLISHED:  May 08, 2008  ACCESS:  REG


CMS proposes
tougher marketing rules
 

 
The CMS issued a proposed regulation that gives teeth to a number of marketing and sales restrictions already in place within the Medicare Advantage and prescription drug programs and would ultimately allow the federal agency to recoup penalties of up to $25,000 per enrollee for each violation.

  FULL STORY     PUBLISHED:  May 08, 2008  ACCESS:  REG



 
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