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3:45 p.m., Wed. - Two key administration officials today lauded cost-containment provisions included in dual healthcare reform bills despite criticism from some who charge that the legislative packages would lead to higher costs, not lower. White House budget chief Peter Orszag and Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, said that... ... FULL STORY

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5:59 a.m., Fri. - Essent Healthcare, Nashville, said it plans to shift all acute-care services to the north campus of its two-campus, 228-bed Paris (Texas) Regional Medical Center. ... FULL STORY

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Economic Stimulus Package
Proposed rules on the meaningful use of electronic health records will be made public by the end of the year or perhaps sooner, said David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information... ... FULL STORY

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The system for insurance companies and Medicare is so complex that you need a large office staff to submit, resubmit, and resubmit again claims. It costs thousands of dollars to buy the tome listing... ... FULL STORY

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The IOM published a report in June 2009 called Initial National Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research, which I read with interest and noted that no nurses were included on the IOM... ... FULL STORY

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After reading the article “One-day stays a big reason for excess pay to hospitals, RAC project finds,” if I were a consumer of services, I would want to know specifically the criterion... ... FULL STORY

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Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. ... FULL STORY

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Deborah Friberg
Infections hurt patients and represent one of the primary opportunities in healthcare to improve outcomes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year 1.7 million patients get sick from an infection they contract while in the hospital, and 100,000 of them die.
 



OPINION LEADERS SURVEY
This is the fourth installment for 2009 of the Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Opinion Leaders Survey. More survey results can be found at the Commonwealth Fund's Web site, commonwealthfund.org.

Gail Wilensky
With so much attention being given to healthcare reform—which unfortunately seems to have morphed into health insurance reform—it's essential to remember the importance of reforming...
 

Bruce Vladeck
Just as in 1993, when the architects of health reform initially took Medicare for granted and then scrambled to address beneficiaries' concerns, Washington finds itself caught up in the fog of...
 

In its 44-year history, Medicare has been effective at providing access to medical care and predictable coverage for its beneficiaries. Now it’s time for the federal program to use its...
 

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Legislating Access
Modern Healthcare is tracking the state and national proposals to expand access to health benefits for the uninsured and underinsured. This section on Modern Healthcare Online will be updated with each new proposal. Submit comments on any or all of the proposals to mheditorial@modernhealthcare.com.
Sen. Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) raised the curtain on a 10-year $849 billion health overhaul package that melds components of two separate Senate bills that collectively have driven a...

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CEO roundtable: outpatient care
Modern Healthcare's fall 2009 CEO roundtable examines the many forces reshaping outpatient-care services. Participating in the discussion were Marty Bonick, above left, president and CEO of Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky.; Michele Molden, president and CEO of the Piedmont Heart Institute in Atlanta; and Randy Oostra, CEO of ProMedica Health System based in Toledo, Ohio. The entire discussion is available on video or in a complete transcript.

 
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