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Battles Over Insurance Reform Afflict House Dems
"House liberals are offended that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) mocked their threats to oppose a Democratic healthcare bill, saying leaders are underestimating their frustration over a deal cut with centrist Blue Dogs," The Hill reports. "Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), co-chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, on Monday expressed outrage at the comments and said her group is being "laughed at." Woolsey is the author of a letter signed by 60 fellow House liberals vowing to vote against a deal cut with the Blue Dogs ... Woolsey said the signers of the letter plan to "remind leadership" of the group"s support for a "robust public option." "Robust" to liberals generally means similar to Medicare. Liberals are irritated leaders granted Blue Dogs" concessions that prevent the public option from using Medicare rates for reimbursement. They believe that will make care too expensive for many people" (Soraghan and Allen, 8/3).

Half Million People Still Not Receiving Retinal Screening, England
Diabetes UK is concerned that more than half a million people with diabetes in England are still not been screened for retinopathy.
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Two Drug-Related Legislative Plans Pose Problems For Stakeholders
"The Senate dealt a blow to the drug lobby Thursday by voting to permit people in the United States to order lower-cost drugs from Canada over the Internet," the Associated Press/Arizona Republic reports. The drugs in question are often made in the U.S., and then sold abroad for lower prices than at home because because of government policies in many other countries. The bill would make it legal to re-import those drugs more readily. The drug provision passed as an amendment to a Department of Homeland Security funding bill and was introduced by Republican Louisianna Sen. David Vitter (Taylor, 7/9).
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CSC Offers Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting To Health Plans

CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced that it has expanded its FirstPortfolio solution"s business process outsourcing (BPO) capabilities to include fully integrated Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) reporting for healthcare payers. FirstPortfolio provides users with a collection of applications hosted and maintained by CSC. MSP status reporting, which requires the identification and reporting of all potential Medicare beneficiaries within commercial health plans to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), becomes mandatory for a wide variety of insurers and plan administrators in October 2009. With CSC"s MSP reporting capability, health plan organizations can expand BPO application portfolios to meet implementation timelines and address gaps that may impede compliance with new CMS regulations. "We are pleased to present this timely business capability to the health plan market," said Deward Watts, president of CSC"s Healthcare Group. "This addition to FirstPortfolio provides an end-to-end solution that allows our customers to meet CMS deadlines as well as leverage CSC"s health plan domain knowledge and regulatory and compliance experience." CSC"s Healthcare Group, which serves healthcare providers, health plans, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, and allied industries around the world, is a global leader in transforming the healthcare industry through the effective use of information to improve healthcare outcomes, decision-making and operating efficiency. About CSC CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions & Services, Managed Services Sector and the North American Public Sector. CSC"s advanced capabilities include systems design and integration, information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 92,000 employees and reported revenue of $16.74 billion for the 12 months ended April 3, 2009. CSC


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