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Tornado tears through Oklahoma hospital

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....

Riding the wave

Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, Calif., is laying the groundwork for its next big advances in information technology....

Celebrity impact

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......

Exclusion efforts

Amid looming shortages in healthcare workers, one branch of the federal government is ramping up aggressive efforts to keep some of them far away from patients....

Scandal outbreak

Washington is again in the grip of scandal fever with the Benghazi e-mails, the IRS targeting of conservative groups, and allegations that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius shook down healthcare firms....

Making progress

Just as growing diversity is shaking up the nation's politics, the increasingly multicultural populations served by U.S. healthcare providers are also driving changes in the organizations' C-suites and boardrooms. But the transformation is still a work in progress....

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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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Celebrity impact | Benefits, risks seen in hype over Jolie's disclosure
By Jaimy Lee | May 18, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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...
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Oregon releases benchmark report on Medicaid reform
By Andis Robeznieks | May 17, 2013
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.
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House panel marks $344M for Defense-VA EHR
By Ashok Selvam | May 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The House Appropriations Committee this week marked $344 million for the development of an electronic health-record system that would allow the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments to share the...
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Reform Update: IRS controversy reaches ACA
By Jonathan Block | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The tentacles of the Internal Revenue Service controversy have reached the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On Wednesday, Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) introduced legislation, the IRS...
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Window to Washington Blog: Baucus, Sebelius keep focus on implementation, not outreach
By Rich Daly | May 16, 2013
When Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, told HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that he worried Obamacare’s implementation was headed for a “train...
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IT Everything: Health IT Blog — Business associates tied to big breaches
By Joseph Conn | May 16, 2013
Healthcare organizations seeking to maximize the number of patient records they can expose through a given security breach should consider contracting for professional help. I'm only being partially...
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Chodor no longer CEO of Happtique; Perlman takes over
By Melanie Evans | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Ben Chodor resigned in April as CEO of Happtique, a healthcare mobile application marketplace owned by a subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association, but remains with the company.
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Senate confirms Tavenner as CMS administrator
By Rich Daly | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed Wednesday as the first permanent CMS administrator since 2006.
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Reform Update: ACO Pioneers may be mulling their options
By Melanie Evans | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
As the deadline nears for Medicare's first accountable care organizations to decide whether they will continue with the initiative, at least one is debating whether to leave.
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CMS tightens focus with next round of innovation awards
By Jessica Zigmond | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The CMS Innovation Center will apply a more focused approach for the second round of the healthcare reform law's Health Care Innovation Awards that the agency announced Wednesday.
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CBO projects less growth in healthcare spending
By Modern Healthcare staff | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Congressional Budget Office analysts sharply lowered their projections for the next decade's outlays on Medicare, Medicaid and covering the uninsured under the healthcare reform law.
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