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Mass. Panel Backs Radical Shift in Health Payment

Jul. 16, 2009
Recommendations seek to make Massachusetts the first state to stop paying physicians, hospitals and other health care providers for each office visit or test.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush, in his 2009 budget, pushed for implementation of Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors recommendations.

Panel: Affordable health care for all

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Congress should take immediate steps to guarantee affordable healthcare is available to U.S. citizens by 2012, the Citizens' Health Care Working Group said. The 14-member panel recommends Congress create an independent "public-private entity" that defines

EU looks at expanding medical access

BRUSSELS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The European Commission is working on new rules giving doctors and patients more mobility across the European Union.

Citizens' healthcare group issues advice

WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- A key federal advisory group issued healthcare reform recommendations Friday, based on a large public survey.

Panel urges steps to increase flu shots

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The federal vaccine advisory committee offered several proposals Tuesday to increase the level of flu immmunization in the United States.

NCQA proposes new healthcare measures

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance has proposed new measures for inclusion in its Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set.

AAAS head calls for new health care effort

DENVER, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- The United States needs a top-level commission to reform its troubled health care system, a leading scientist said late Thursday.

Thompson unveils rural aid plan

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Telemedicine stalled by payment debate

WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- Federal lawmakers should lead the way in persuading insurers that health care delivered over the Internet can be the equal of care in a doctor's office, a panel of experts said Wednesday.

HHS: Focus remains on nursing homes

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The new inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services told health lawyers Monday she will continue to crack down on nursing homes that provi
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler