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Jul 22, 2010

New Rules Guarantee Patients' Right To Appeal Insurance Claim Denials
The regulations guarantee consumers the right to appeal denials — directly to their insurers and then, if necessary, to external review boards. The external-review requirement will apply, for the first time, to companies that are self-insured — ones that pay their employees' claims directly rather than buying insurance to cover their workers.

Jul 19, 2010

Obama Renews Bid for Berwick Confirmation to Medicare Position
President Barack Obama is making another attempt to win U.S. Senate confirmation of Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Obama resubmitted Berwick’s nomination to the Senate today. He put Berwick in the job July 7 using a recess appointment, a procedure that lets the president fill positions without Senate confirmation when Congress isn’t in session.

Jul 11, 2010

White House: Medicare and Medicaid Chief Not Bringing British-Style Health Care
President Obama on Wednesday used his recess appointment powers to get around a congressional hearing and floor vote to appoint Dr. Donald Berwick as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The nomination had been held up for months by Republicans.

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