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Immigration bill seeks to ease rules for foreign health workers

The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed an immigration bill that would seek to strengthen the country's healthcare workforce by making it easier for foreign health professionals to work in the U.S....

HHS finds $2.2M in billing errors at Cedars-Sinai

Administrators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center were well aware of the flaws in their inpatient admissions process before an audit from HHS' inspector general's office publicly pointed them out....

Bill takes aim at reform law's rural-floor provision

New legislation from Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) is welcome news to 20 state hospital associations working to eliminate a contentious hospital wage-index provision in the reform law....

Merger between Henry Ford, Beaumont health systems is off

Physician discontentment and cultural differences appear to have ended the six-month merger talks between Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System....

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Defense secretary considers commercial EHR system
By Joseph Conn | May 23, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Defense Department is back in the market for an electronic health-record system for its sprawling healthcare empire, according to a memorandum from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
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Taxpayers won't pay healthcare costs for undocumented immigrants: Pelosi
By Jessica Zigmond | May 23, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Two days after the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) promised that U.S. taxpayers would not bear the cost of...
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Texas doc associations unite to share 'survival tools'
By Andis Robeznieks | May 23, 2013
Promising to “bolster physicians' clinical and financial autonomy,” three Texas physician associations have teamed up to form the Physician Services Organization for Patient Care, which...
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Harkin aims to fast-track legislation on compounding pharmacies, drug tracking
By Rich Daly | May 22, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A senior Senate Democrat aims to expedite legislation that would establish both a track-and-trace system for drugs and a new regulatory framework for compounding pharmacies.
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Over half of docs have received EHR incentive payments
By Joseph Conn | May 22, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Key federal programs to boost electronic health-record system use passed a milestone last month as more than half of physicians and other “eligible professionals” have received incentive...
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Hospitals scramble to treat tornado victims
By Joe Carlson and Ashok Selvam | May 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Treating injuries from tornadoes is a well-established job in Oklahoma, but healthcare providers say the twister that carved a 17-mile-long path of destruction through central Oklahoma Monday...
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Merger between Henry Ford, Beaumont health systems is off
By Jay Greene, Crain's Detroit Business | May 21, 2013
Physician discontentment and cultural differences appear to have ended the six-month merger talks between Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System.
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Not-for-profit healthcare providers move to ease pension burdens
By Beth Kutscher | May 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Not-for-profit healthcare providers are making a number of changes to decrease the burden of underfunded pension obligations, including making sweeping changes to their retirement plans and...
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Severin named CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess ACO
By Rachel Landen | May 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization, a Boston-based accountable care organization launched in January 2013, announced that Christina Severin will join as its first president and CEO in late June.
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Health records safe despite Oklahoma tornado
By Joseph Conn | May 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
An early report on Monday's tragedy in Oklahoma points to just how far this nation has come in a short time on health information exchange.
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Groups cite gains under EHR incentive programs
By Joseph Conn | May 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Three healthcare organizations are defending the federal health IT booster programs against calls from GOP senators who want a “reboot.”
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Tornado tears through Oklahoma hospital
By Ashok Selvam and Joe Carlson | May 20, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A tornado ripped through a small Oklahoma hospital Monday afternoon and rendered the facility helpless to treat victims of the widespread devastation in the area.
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