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D.C. Week: Hospital Payment Update Proposed

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a slight pay hike for hospitals for 2013, and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the Obama administration should cancel a Medicare bonus program it championed.

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