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 produced surprising injury patterns and unusual flows of patients....
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....
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 investment strategies....
Physician discontentment and cultural differences appear to have ended the six-month merger talks between Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System....
Celebrities drive average Americans to want what they have. That powerful impulse can even influence grave healthcare decisions and could prove complicated for women who fear they're at high risk for breast cancer after Angelina Jolie's disclosure that she underwent a preventive double......
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. FULL STORY »
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... FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson and Ashok Selvam | May 21, 2013
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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... FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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... FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
By Ashok Selvam and Joe Carlson | May 20, 2013
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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. FULL STORY »
The CMS center charged with testing new payment and delivery models has pinpointed post-acute care as a high-cost area in dire need of novel new approaches, and experts in the field are applauding... FULL STORY »
Celebrities drive average Americans to want what they have. That powerful impulse can even influence grave healthcare decisions and could prove complicated for women who fear they're at high risk... FULL STORY »
The Oregon Health Authority released its benchmark-setting report tracking the progress of the state's Medicaid transformation program, which is projected to save $11 billion over the next 10 years. FULL STORY »
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