Medicare claims processing overhaul would let government bid
Bush administration backs legislation to allow HHS to hire and fire Medicare claims processors through competitive bidding based on performance. GAO report finds many contractor failings in call centers bulletins and online info, with only 15 percent of test answers correct. Bill mainly affects doctors and hospitals, with potential broader changes like drug coverage.
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Ways and Means Health Subcommittee
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Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Elections disrupted after attacks in New York primaries
News from New York where smoke from the World Trade Center ruins looms as residents vote in major Tuesday primaries disrupted by the crisis. Absentee ballots exceed 15,000. winners may wait for official count next week amid nationwide elections including Arkansas special seat, Oklahoma union dues ban, and Boston nonpartisan runoff for Mayor Menino.
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Arkansas
Change in government feared by city says FRANKANE Democrat
A New York Democrat frames the issue as a warning that any alteration in city government could destabilize progress, urging voters to weigh tradition and reform as they consider upcoming elections.
Bridge disaster deaths total eight victims identified in Texas
Officials named the final eight victims from the Queen Isabella Causeway collapse after barges and a tugboat struck the bridge on September 15. Julio Mireles, 22, from Los Fresnos was found inside his car, with others including Barry Welch, 53, and Chealsa Welch, 23, recovered from the water in separate sections.
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Julio Mireles
Los Fresnos
Queen Isabella Causeway
Barry Welch
Chealsa Welch
Senators Outline Farm Program Principles And Protection
Senate Agriculture Chair Tom Harkin and ranking Republican Richard Lugar outlined broad farm program principles. They urged protection against downturns while keeping subsidies within U.S. trade commitments and targeting aid to actively farming producers. They favored more conservation funding balanced between land retirement and environmental practice rewards, without setting specific spending levels.
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U.S
Senate Agriculture Committee
Iowa
Tom Harkin
Indiana
Richard Lugar
Heart Walk marks 17-year regional heart center effort
Southeast Missouri Hospital will salute more than 5,000 heart surgery patients assisted by the Regional Heart Center over 17 years. Cape Girardeau bypass patient Charlie Friend invites community to the American Heart Walk on Saturday October 6. He will walk with his dog Sam. Surviving walkers receive a free red cap or visor.
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Southeast Missouri Hospital
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Southeast
Robert Ruess
Darryl Ramsey
Cardiac & Vascular Surgeons
Cape Girardeau
Regional Heart Center
Missouri
American Heart Association
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