Gregg Blesch January 19, 2009 New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has a flair for bravado. Doctors and hospitals hope he accomplished something as big as he’s selling it. ... FULL STORY
Dave Burda January 19, 2009 If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a healthcare news junkie like me. You just can’t get enough healthcare business and policy news to keep you feeling totally informed. Over the years, we’ve developed new ways to feed your news cravings from a one-page daily fax newsletter to the Daily... ... FULL STORY
Joe Carlson and Vince Galloro January 19, 2009 Leo Brideau and William Petasnick have all too much company these days. Like bankers and mortgage holders and factory workers around the country, they’ve seen their best-laid plans laid to waste by perhaps the worst U.S. economic crisis since the Great Depression. ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 WellPoint, Indianapolis, said it is eliminating 1,500 jobs or about 3.5% of its workforce. The cuts include 900 unfilled open positions and about 600 workers. WellPoint has 42,000 employees. The staff cuts won’t affect Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part D compliance staff, according to a company... ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 The CMS issued several documents to help transition the Medicare fee-for-service program to a system that pays providers on the basis of quality and value, rather than on volume of services. One of the papers released by the agency offers steps to implement quality and resource-use measurement to... ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 Reports from the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that helicopters in two of last year’s fatal air ambulance crashes were not equipped with a terrain awareness warning system, or TAWS, a recommendation the NTSB made to the Federal Aviation Administration in 2006. The NTSB issued what... ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 The CMS officially released three rules that halt Medicare payments when medical procedures are performed incorrectly, on the wrong patient or body part. Starting for discharges since last October, Medicare also no longer pays hospitals a higher rate for an inpatient hospital stay if the reason for... ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 The Illinois Hospital Association will lose its longtime leader at the end of 2009 when Kenneth Robbins retires as president. The IHA’s board appointed an executive search committee to recommend a new president. Robbins, 67, has been with the IHA since 1976, starting first as general counsel and... ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 Summa Health System plans to sell its 105-bed Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio) General Hospital to a joint venture between itself and Western Reserve Hospital Partners, a group of physician investors. The five-hospital system based in Akron, Ohio, will turn over the operations and lease of Cuyahoga Falls... ... FULL STORY
Gregg Blesch January 19, 2009 New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has a flair for bravado. Doctors and hospitals hope he accomplished something as big as he’s selling it. ... FULL STORY
Jessica Zigmond January 19, 2009 When it wasn’t busy agreeing to a total of $400 million in legal settlements with the American Medical Association and New York’s attorney general last week, UnitedHealth Group found time to name a seasoned clinician and healthcare administrator to its board of directors. ... FULL STORY
Joe Carlson and Vince Galloro January 19, 2009 Leo Brideau and William Petasnick have all too much company these days. Like bankers and mortgage holders and factory workers around the country, they’ve seen their best-laid plans laid to waste by perhaps the worst U.S. economic crisis since the Great Depression. ... FULL STORY
Dave Burda January 19, 2009 If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a healthcare news junkie like me. You just can’t get enough healthcare business and policy news to keep you feeling totally informed. Over the years, we’ve developed new ways to feed your news cravings from a one-page daily fax newsletter to the Daily... ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 With Barack Obama taking office this week promising to make another effort at reforming healthcare in the U.S., Modern Healthcare invited five healthcare executives and analysts to give their thoughts on healthcare reform. Their efforts are summarized below. You can find the full versions of... ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 A list of the largest U.S. healthcare mergers and acquisitions announced in 2008, ranked by deal's price. Source: Irving Levin Associates. Published Jan. 19, 2009. This list includes the following data points: ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 Today he has a few legal worries. But in 2007, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was on a populist crusade to bring universal healthcare to the state. “This is Armageddon, and we are on the side of the Lord,” he said, paraphrasing Teddy Roosevelt. ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 Tuesday’s inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation’s 44th president promises to be a historic moment. And healthcare executives are getting in on the event by donating thousands of dollars for the affair, according to the Presidential Inaugural Committee Web site, pic2009.org. ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 The Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center joined several European banks and Steven Spielberg on a long list of investors exposed to an alleged fraud by New York money manager Bernard Madoff. Gail Pitchford, president of the Charleston Area Medical Center Foundation, said the losses amount to less... ... FULL STORY
