Expanded and more aggressive accounting has cut the rate of improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid, according to the Obama administration, but providers worry they're bearing increasing costs from those initiatives.
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If all goes according to plan, next summer should be a mighty interesting time in American politics. That's when, in the heat of the presidential campaign, the nation is likely to learn the fate of the healthcare reform law, at least according to the collective wisdom of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The rising cost of Tricare, the military's healthcare coverage program, has brought increasing scrutiny from lawmakers and an administration intent on reducing the federal budget deficit.
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The Federal Trade Commission on Friday announced it will once again challenge a proposed merger between competing hospitals in Rockford, Ill., citing fears that the consolidation could increase costs and lower quality of care.
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Expanded and more aggressive accounting has cut the rate of improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid, according to the Obama administration, but providers worry they're bearing increasing costs from those initiatives.
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Seismic pressures building within the healthcare industry to improve quality, lower costs and rapidly adopt information technology have generated a pair of regulation-related temblors.
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance, like the CMS, is attempting to provide a practical framework to realize the hopes for accountable care organizations.
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When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments next year on the legality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the justices will weigh the constitutionality of the two central vehicles for expanding insurance coverage by an estimated 32 million people.
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HHS named a new $1 billion initiative the Health Care Innovation Challenge to encourage competition among healthcare organizations, but for providers, the real challenge now is to determine what the CMS is looking for in potential applicants.
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Without details, the healthcare industry continued to be at a heightened state of anxiety as the congressional deficit-reduction panel remained deadlocked heading toward its deadline this week.
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The 22nd annual Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician Survey of Executive Opinions on Key Information Technology Issues is now open for participation.
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For July 2020, some envision a new type of doctor entering the workforce: One who may not write very well but has extensive biochemistry knowledge, has a solid grasp of behavioral and social sciences, and has critical analysis and reasoning powers never seen before in the halls of medicine.
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The rising cost of Tricare, the military's healthcare coverage program, has brought increasing scrutiny from lawmakers and an administration intent on reducing the federal budget deficit.
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Prime Healthcare Services has long responded to the Service Employees International Union in much stronger and more public ways than its fellow hospital operators in California. The hospital chain now has moved the feud to federal court, filing an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the union and...
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RIO RANCHO, N.M.—Presbyterian Rust Medical Center opened Oct. 22 with Gov. Susana Martinez, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Rio Rancho Mayor Thomas Swisstack in attendance at a ribbon-cutting ceremony, according to a news release from the medical center, which is part of Presbyterian...
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PITTSBURGH—Officials for Western Pennsylvania Hospital said an upcoming renovation will reopen and expand the emergency room and renovate five medical-surgical floors.
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LORIS, S.C.—Loris Healthcare System has agreed to become part of McLeod Health, Florence, S.C., according to a news release. No financial terms were disclosed. Voters in Horry County, S.C., approved a referendum earlier this month, with 85% of votes in favor, that gave the Loris...
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The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled against the state in a lawsuit contesting the state Health Department practice of allowing infant blood samples to be used for research purposes without getting permission to do so.
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SANDUSKY, Ohio—Cleveland Clinic has acquired North Coast Cancer Care, a 70-employee cancer treatment center based in Sandusky. The center now joins Cleveland Clinic as a department within the Taussig Cancer Institute.
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If all goes according to plan, next summer should be a mighty interesting time in American politics. That's when, in the heat of the presidential campaign, the nation is likely to learn the fate of the healthcare reform law, at least according to the collective wisdom of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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“The healthcare overhaul was the signature achievement of President Barack Obama and the then-majority Democratic Congress in 2010. But you'd never know. Supporters appeared to be running away from the law during the 2010 campaign—and nothing since has changed that impression. The real...
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Editor's note: Following is an edited excerpt of a Sept. 21 editorial webcast, “Mastering High Performance,” conducted by Modern Healthcare.
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It's rare these days for Democrats and Republicans to agree on anything. It's even more rare to find consensus in the industry on federal policy. But on one issue—defining which patients would be best treated in long-term acute-care hospitals—we have now seen it on display.
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A list of the nation's 20 largest healthcare finance companies, ranked by amount of syndicated loans in the healthcare sector underwritten in 2010. Source: Dealogic. Published Nov. 21, 2011, p. 34.
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Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif., named Sarah Krevans as COO with oversight of Sutter's five Northern California regions and its home health and hospice services. Krevans, 53, will begin in the position in January and currently is president of Sutter Health's Sacramento Sierra Region. The...
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Just in time for the most dangerous cooking day of the year, here comes … Shatner?Yes, William Shatner, who has grown on our popular culture like an ironic moss since 1966, has teamed up with a major property insurer to deliver a public health message to the masses.
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Several observers on Twitter sent out tweets about the American Medical Association House of Delegates' lack of social media skills, but it's doubtful that many delegates will ever read them. Or, as American College of Physicians Senior Vice President Bob Doherty put it, “What if u tweet and...
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While social media may not be big at the AMA's House of Delegates, someone attending must be getting their social media on. If it wasn't for social media, it doesn't appear that there would be any evidence that three high-profile docs from Washington came to New Orleans for last week's American...
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“We are outraged that Congress is seriously considering language that would effectively categorize pizza as a vegetable in the school lunch program. It doesn't take an advanced degree in nutrition to call this a national disgrace."
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