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The Latest American Medical News
| 3/10/2010 |
| Mass layoffs at hospitals increased in January |
| There is concern that state budget cuts could make things worse. |
| 3/10/2010 |
| Industry support of CME under scrutiny |
| Federal officials proposed having physicians pay their own way as one solution to eliminate bias. The ACCME said it will continue to monitor the debate. |
| 3/9/2010 |
| HIPAA privacy rules detailed in AMA online guide |
| The resource tool will explain new security regulations and lay out deadlines for compliance. |
| 3/9/2010 |
| Insurer antitrust exemption would end under House bill |
| But the move would not increase competition among health plans, said an insurance industry association, citing nonpartisan research. |
| 3/8/2010 |
| Medicare physician pay cut delayed as Senate clears logjam |
| The 21% reduction will return April 1 unless Congress delays it further. The Senate is considering a bill to make Oct. 1 the new deadline. |
| 3/8/2010 |
| Health plans extend their market dominance |
| "Highly concentrated" insurance markets are found in all but three U.S. metropolitan areas, according to an American Medical Association report. |
| 3/8/2010 |
| Liability reform gets nod in Obama proposal after health summit |
| The president said he was open to expanding liability reform pilots and to three additional GOP ideas raised at the White House meeting. |
| 3/8/2010 |
| Medicare PECOS deadline extended again |
| Doctors now have until the end of the year to ensure that they are current on the Medicare enrollment system and avoid claims denials. |
| 3/8/2010 |
| Hypertension seen as neglected disease |
| More aggressive screening, improved surveillance and less-expensive medications could reduce the number of U.S. adults with the cardiovascular risk factor, an IOM report says. |
| 3/8/2010 |
| H1N1 protection added to next season's flu shots |
| A CDC advisory panel recommends nearly everyone in the U.S. receive the new enhanced vaccine. |
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