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Melanie Evans Of Interest Blog
Elective hope in a stagnant economy
February 03, 2012
Demand for elective procedures, slowed by the recession and persistently high unemployment, continues to drag along with U.S. job growth, my colleague Jaimy Lee reports this week.
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CMS sets new start date for anti-fraud programs
By Rich Daly | February 03, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Two CMS anti-fraud programs, whose Jan. 1 launch was scrubbed because of provider concerns, will start in June instead, according to the agency.
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AMA presses Sebelius to halt ICD-10
By Joseph Conn | February 03, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The American Medical Association is taking second aim in its call to federal officials to halt the planned and federally mandated 2013 rollout of the International Classification of Diseases 10th...
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Joseph Conn IT Everything Blog
Will the IT future be a dystopia?
February 03, 2012
Technology blogger Shelly Palmer has a futuristic warning in his recent post,
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Credit downgrades outnumbered upgrades for sixth straight year for U.S. not-for-profits: Moody's
By Gregg Blesch | February 03, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
More not-for-profit hospitals saw their credit ratings downgraded than upgraded in 2011, for the sixth consecutive year, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.
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White House hints at leeway on birth-control coverage mandate—but not for hospitals
By Rich Daly | February 02, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Obama administration responded to strident protests from Catholic leaders—including Catholic hospitals—to a recently finalized birth-control coverage mandate by indicating that at...
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Jessica Zigmond and Rich Daly Window to Washington Blog
Shall they beat their swords into Medicare doctor pay?
By Jessica Zigmond | February 02, 2012
A House GOP lawmaker on Wednesday sounded open to the idea of using unspent war funds as a way to pay for a long-term fix to Medicare's contentious sustainable growth rate formula.
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MGMA-ACMPE chief calls for further delay on 5010 enforcement
By Joseph Conn | February 02, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The mandated Jan. 1 conversion to a new set of electronic claims transaction standards is not going smoothly for office-based physicians, disrupting medical groups' cash flow and creating hassles,...
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Group pushes health worker flu vaccinations
By Rich Daly | February 02, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A national employer healthcare group joined several provider advocacy groups in urging hospitals to require their employees to obtain annual influenza vaccinations.
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Jessica Zigmond and Rich Daly Window to Washington Blog
Yet another Medicare insolvency date
By Rich Daly | February 02, 2012
Annual Congressional Budget Office projections received widespread attention for the conclusion that federal healthcare spending will more than double in the coming decade. But less-discussed was...
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Reform shrinking ‘doughnut hole': HHS
By Jessica Zigmond | February 02, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
About 3.6 million Americans with Medicare who reached the “doughnut hole” saved about $604 on their prescription drugs in 2011, according to data from HHS.
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Walgreen to buy BioScrip business units
By Jaimy Lee | February 02, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Walgreen Co. said it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BioScrip's community specialty pharmacies, and centralized specialty and mail-service pharmacy businesses for about $225 million.
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Dealmaking among U.S. hospitals and health systems posted another year of growth in 2011, according to Modern Healthcare's 18th annual mergers-and-acquisitions report. Transactions rose 3.4%, with experts saying healthcare organizations are looking at acquisitions, realignments or joint-venture strategies to stay competitive in a rapidly changing industry. “People are saying, ‘We just can't do this alone any more,' ” one observer said.

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