Heads could roll on hospital boards and in C-suites in Brooklyn and possibly the entire state of New York if some groundbreaking recommendations in a new report are adopted.
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HHS issued final regulations requiring insurance plans to spend minimum percentages of premium dollars on paying for healthcare services this year or refund the difference to their customers next year.
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The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, is considering an affiliation with for-profit Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla.
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Two large Medicaid managed-care deals moved forward. Independence Blue Cross now holds a majority stake in the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Cos. after closing a $170 million deal announced in August to buy out Mercy Health Plan's shares in the Medicaid managed-care provider.
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Over the past seven years, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, which face continued federal funding cuts, saw a 26% decrease in utilization by Medicare beneficiaries, according to a report commissioned by three provider groups.
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Heads could roll on hospital boards and in C-suites in Brooklyn and possibly the entire state of New York if some groundbreaking recommendations in a new report are adopted.
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A biennial survey of tax-exempt hospital governance found few gains in board performance and some areas where directors and trustees slid.
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HHS is garnering praise for extending the compliance date for Stage 2 meaningful-use requirements to early participants in its incentive program for electronic health records. But the change likely comes too late to produce the full effect of its stated intent to speed the adoption of EHR systems.
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With medical imaging reimbursement and use declining in the U.S., radiologists are increasingly forced to articulate the value of imaging services.
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Dr. Donald Berwick is keeping quiet about his next move after his upcoming resignation from the CMS, but some experts in the patient-safety arena say it's a safe bet he'll return to their ranks in another quality-related leadership role.
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Senate confirmation of the nominee to head the CMS is critical to the continued implementation of the healthcare reform law, and early signs indicate that Marilyn Tavenner is likely to get it.
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Despite continued uncertainty surrounding the future of last year's healthcare reform law, more than half of states are forging ahead to establish health insurance exchanges.
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The National Labor Relations Board blinked in the face of intense political pressure, passing a smaller package of union-regulation reforms that satisfied neither critics of the federal agency nor its supporters in organized labor.
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The nomination deadline for Modern Healthcare's 2012 Trustee of the Year competition has been extended until Dec. 16. The 2012 awards, co-sponsored by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer, will honor four outstanding trustees or directors for their contributions to healthcare governance:
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STOCKBRIDGE, Ga.—Georgia's attorney general approved a partnership between Henry Medical Center and Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, clearing the way for the deal to take effect Jan. 1, 2012.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind.—The boards of 325-bed Memorial Hospital of South Bend and 297-bed Elkhart (Ind.) General Health System approved a merger of the two hospitals located near the University of Notre Dame.
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PITTSBURGH—A federal judge ordered Pittsburgh's rival health systems to mediation over a lawsuit by West Penn Allegheny Health System that claims UPMC conspired to stifle competition.
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“Kentucky's problems are deeply interrelated. Poverty is an indicator for poor health and low educational performance, and all three discourage business from setting up shop in a place which, of course, contributes to poverty.
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Community cancer centers are the unsung heroes of cancer care. They are where 85% of Americans are diagnosed and treated for cancer. Unlike the large destination cancer centers you read about in national news, community cancer centers dot the country in rural, suburban and city locations as diverse...
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Regarding “Tavenner hailed as an ‘excellent choice,' ” ModernHealthcare.com, Nov. 23: I can't recall a more self-defeating decision regarding a government appointment.
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A list of the nation's 24 largest patient satisfaction measurement firms, ranked by total number of engagements in 2010. Source: Modern Healthcare's sixth annual Patient Satisfaction Measurement Firms Survey. Published Dec. 5, 2011, p. 32.
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Providence Health & Services, Renton, Wash., named Todd Hofheins VP and CFO. Hofheins, 47, has been with the system since 2004 as CFO of its Northwest Washington region and is credited with overseeing the completion of the $500 million Cymbaluk Medical Tower at Providence Regional Medical...
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Sports enthusiasts have been linked to the Ronald McDonald houses ever since the start of the charity, which builds and renovates houses near medical campuses so families can live together during children's major medical procedures.
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The next time your doctor hands you your discharge plan, you may want to wear gloves. It turns out that paper—one of the surfaces in hospitals that can't be scrubbed, disinfected and sanitized—is quite good at holding on to nasty bacteria.
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