One of the central themes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, mentioned numerous times throughout the law, is the pressing need to eliminate healthcare disparities.
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New doctors in 2020 will have a good bedside manner and work well with other caregivers while still possessing the medical and technical skills to provide effective patient care.
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A coalition of seven state attorneys general has joined with a nun, a Catholic missionary and three Roman Catholic organizations to file a federal lawsuit in Lincoln, Neb., asking a judge to strike down HHS’ final rule that requires insurance plans to cover government-approved contraceptives.
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Lex Reddy stepped down as president and CEO of Prime Healthcare Services, Ontario, Calif., and will be replaced on an interim basis by Dr. Prem Reddy, the for-profit company’s chairman and founder and Lex Reddy’s brother-in-law, according to a news release from the company.
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The CMS said a new effort to reduce improper payments in Medicare Advantage plans will recover about $370 million in overpayments in the first year.
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The Federal Trade Commission dismissed the complaint it filed in January to block Omnicare’s attempt to acquire PharMerica Corp., a rival institutional pharmacy company.
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New doctors in 2020 will have a good bedside manner and work well with other caregivers while still possessing the medical and technical skills to provide effective patient care.
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The CMS' long-awaited and much delayed set of proposed Stage 2 meaningful-use regulations released last week is a mix of old paths and new trails.
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Patients and government agencies are using a growing array of tools to mitigate the scope and effects of drug shortages, which continue to rise.
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When it comes to addressing Medicare's hospital wage index, hospital associations have a choice: Do they want to focus their efforts on one battle or the larger fight?
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Patients and providers can continue to sue states over Medicaid spending, for now, after the U.S. Supreme Court returned a California lawsuit to a lower court.
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Federal health officials have revealed few details about the design of health insurance exchanges that they will establish in states that fail to create their own insurance marketplaces by 2014, despite the possibility that every state could need a federal exchange—at least...
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The federal government certainly did its part in giving the more than 37,000 people who attended the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference and exhibition something to talk about from the minute they arrived in Las Vegas to when the last weather-delayed attendee...
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Modern Healthcare is moving its Chicago headquarters to a new office in the city. Effective March 12, Modern Healthcare's new address will be: 150 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60601.
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As China moves forward with its own form of healthcare reform, the traditional methods in which hospitals are paid to provide care are changing.
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One of the central themes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, mentioned numerous times throughout the law, is the pressing need to eliminate healthcare disparities.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Construction on a $1.1 billion, 20-story expansion is well under way at Ohio State University and the school has renamed its medical center in honor of an alumnus who donated $100 million for the project.
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MANHASSET, N.Y.—Part of the renovation project at Katz Women’s Hospital, a 73-bed facility attached to North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System’s 812-bed North Shore University Hospital, has earned LEED platinum certification, the highest rating possible in the U.S.
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KIRKLAND, Wash.—The boards of Evergreen Healthcare, Kirkland, and Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, have approved a partnership. The two will remain distinct entities and characterized the agreement in a news release as “a means for both organizations to work together to...
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“The decision to perform an ultrasound before abortion is a medical one that rightfully should be made by a patient and doctor in consultation. When lawmakers ... intervene in that decision, they politicize women’s healthcare.
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Editor's note: The following is an edited excerpt of a full transcript of a Feb. 7 editorial webcast, “Taxing Times,” conducted by Modern Healthcare.
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Regarding “Shift on birth-control coverage gets mixed reaction,” ModernHealthcare.com, Feb. 10: this is a First Amendment rights issue and not a woman's choice or woman's healthcare issue. This is the government interfering with religious...
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A list of the nation's 25 busiest hospital emergency departments ranked by number of emergency room visits in 2010. Source: Health Forum, 2010 AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals. Published Feb. 27, 2012, p. 30.
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HCA, Nashville, named Peter Marmerstein to succeed Dan Miller as president of the company's west Florida division. Miller has held the role since 1998 but has announced his retirement, according to an HCA news release.
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Outliers loves a good card trick, but for a young kid, even a simple illusion is truly mesmerizing. Open Heart Magic, a not-for-profit organization based in Chicago, arranges visits with children and teens in area hospitals to bring smiles to their faces during difficult times.
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It's not enough to make pitching coaches call the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but current brain research appears to prove the old baseball belief that hitting actually is contagious. And just in time for spring training.
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