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Providers protest rule putting them at financial risk if patients don't pay premiums

Provider groups say a CMS rule interpreting the healthcare reform law that gives consumers a grace period for unpaid health insurance premiums will put them at significant financial risk....

Calif. docs fighting legislative battles on scope of practice

As healthcare reform expands coverage, nonphysician providers are seeking to expand their portfolio of licensed services and are facing intense opposition from doctors to their efforts....

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Reform Update: Mass. contracts require providers to absorb financial losses, study finds
By Melanie Evans | August 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
In Massachusetts, the state's healthcare giants are heavily involved in contracts that require hospitals and doctors to absorb financial losses when healthcare spending exceeds spending targets,...
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Specialists to release list of overused tests, procedures
By Steven Ross Johnson | August 14, 2013
A number of major medical specialty medical societies are preparing to release new lists of tests and procedures they deem to be unnecessary or potentially harmful, as the third installment of the...
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EHR costs outweigh financial benefits, doctors say
By Andis Robeznieks | August 14, 2013
Physicians believe electronic health records can improve patient outcomes but feel that EHR costs outweigh any financial benefits they might have, according to the fourth annual athenahealth...
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Providers protest rule putting them at financial risk if patients don't pay premiums
By Jonathan Block | August 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Provider groups say a CMS rule interpreting the healthcare reform law that gives consumers a grace period for unpaid health insurance premiums will put them at significant financial risk.
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2012 may have been 'high water mark' for hospital finances, Fitch says
By Melanie Evans | August 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The operating performance of not-for-profit hospitals and health systems rated by Fitch Ratings improved in 2012. But last year may be the “high water mark” for hospital finances.
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Reform Update: Sebelius open to talks on care for poor
By Steven Ross Johnson | August 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
As political debate continues in nearly half of the states in the country over whether to expand their Medicaid programs, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday that her agency was open to...
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Calif. docs fighting legislative battles on scope of practice
By Andis Robeznieks | August 13, 2013
As healthcare reform expands coverage, nonphysician providers are seeking to expand their portfolio of licensed services and are facing intense opposition from doctors to their efforts.
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Good website design could save consumers, government $9B on insurance exchanges, study says
By Jessica Zigmond | August 13, 2013
A new analysis suggests that smart design of the websites used for the new state insurance exchanges to enroll consumers in health plans could save consumers and the government more than $9 billion a...
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Plea deal reveals more of hepatitis tech's past
By Holly Ramer / Associated Press | August 13, 2013
A traveling hospital technician accused of infecting dozens of patients with hepatitis C through needles tainted with his own blood reached an agreement with prosecutors that would give him a...
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Reform Update: AMA blasts new Medicare physician fee schedule, defends RUC
By Andis Robeznieks | August 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The AMA has issued a strong criticism of the proposed 2014 Medicare physician-fee schedule, and also fired back against attacks on its Medicare physician payment advisory panel.
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HMA shareholders vote to elect new board
By Beth Kutscher | August 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Shareholders of Health Management Associates have voted to elect eight new directors to the chain's board, activist investor Glenview Capital Management said.
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CMS offers smartphone apps to track payments
By Rachel Landen | August 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
With the Aug. 1 implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, the CMS has launched two mobile smartphone applications to help physicians, drug and medical-device manufacturers, and group...
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