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Moody’s: Sequestration adds on new financial pressures for non-profit hospitals

Apr 10, 2013

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Also in the news, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun auditing some of the physicians who qualify for a Medicare EHR “meaningful use” bonus before they even receive a check — a step that has triggered grumbling from organized medicine.

Some GOP governors see block grant opportunity in Medicaid expansion

Apr 9, 2013

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Politico reports that some conservatives who have long sought to convert Medicaid into a block grant program see an opening with the health law to move in this direction. Also in the news, states continue to mull how to proceed with this provision of the law.