Healthcare Legislation

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Congressional Democrats Seek To Pass Health Care Legislation This Year
Democratic lawmakers hope to pass an economic stimulus package, as well as legislation that would reauthorize SCHIP and expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, in the first few weeks of the new Congress, the Washington Times reports.
MedPAC Approves Recommendation To Revise Medicare Reimbursement System For Hospice Care Providers
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Friday approved a set of recommendations that would revise the current Medicare payment system, which was implemented in 1983, for hospice care providers serving terminally ill patient.
What You Should Know About HIPAA and HIPAA Compliance	John Grisham
HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It is a federal law enacted in 1996 as an attempt at incremental health care reform and experts consider it to be the most significant health care legislation since Medicare in 1965.