While there's clearly no end in sight for speculation over the ultimate fate of the healthcare reform law, here's hoping for some judicious restraint.
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Properly treating a patient population means adhering to their unique needs, and healthcare execs are increasingly turning their attention toward understanding how diversity meshes with quality care.
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A federal judge agreed to halt the acquisition of Rockford (Ill.) Health System by a competitor in the city, OSF HealthCare, until the Federal Trade Commission can resolve an antitrust challenge to the deal.
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A number of healthcare organizations are among the creditors in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing by the Gingrich Group, which does business as the Center for Health Transformation, a healthcare policy consulting firm founded by former House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
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William Petasnick, the longtime CEO of Froedtert Health in Milwaukee, will step down July 1 and will be replaced by Catherine Jacobson, the organization’s president. Petasnick, 66, became Froedtert’s top executive in 1993 and will remain vice chairman of Froedtert’s board.
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The pressures on today's healthcare executives are perhaps greater than ever. The needs seem to multiply, and the rules seem to change monthly. Yet what is heartening is seeing how many leaders are still accepting the challenge—and how more organizations are making it imperative that their...
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To select Modern Healthcare's fourth biennial listing of the Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare, co-sponsored by Furst Group, Modern Healthcare issued a call for nominations on Dec. 12, 2011. The nomination deadline was Jan. 27. Readers submitted 144 nominations, compared with 177 nominations...
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Properly treating a patient population means adhering to their unique needs, and healthcare execs are increasingly turning their attention toward understanding how diversity meshes with quality care.
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Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston are among the first to test Medicare accountable care, but they did not go all-in right away.
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It seems a fairly basic concept: If the information provided by a diagnostic test is unlikely to change a patient's treatment plan, then physicians should think twice before ordering it.
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The Obama administration and healthcare industry groups say they will continue gearing up for full implementation of the federal healthcare overhaul, even as some worry the U.S. Supreme Court will pull the plug.
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Highmark, a Pittsburgh insurer engaged in an ambitious and unusual takeover of a distressed health system, got an extra jolt of uncertainty last week when its board fired its CEO.
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With the largest-ever jury verdict for a Stark law violation hanging over its head, South Carolina's Tuomey Healthcare System got only a partial reprieve in an appeals court opinion that tossed out the $44 million judgment and ordered a new trial.
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The completion of Express Scripts' acquisition of Medco Health Solutions, including approval from the Federal Trade Commission, has done little to deter opponents of the $29 billion merger of two of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers.
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As healthcare providers search for ways to control costs, 11 health systems have come forward to say they can do it by adopting more environmentally friendly practices—and they're eager for others to join them.
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Jeff Miles is a former trial attorney with the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division. His background was misstated in the April 2 issue (p. 10).
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In a sense, the federally funded Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers Program is just a baby. It turned 2 years old this year.
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While there's clearly no end in sight for speculation over the ultimate fate of the healthcare reform law, here's hoping for some judicious restraint.
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“There are several things wrong with the president's remark. For one thing, it's simply not true that it would be ‘unprecedented' for the court to overturn such a law. Since Marbury v. Madison in 1803, the court has seen ‘judicial review' of laws as part of its responsibility, and...
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Last week brought the final outcome of March Madness, putting an end to the weeks of watching, wondering, “Who will make it to the championship game?” and “How will my bracket fare?” But as NCAA fans across the country sat glued to their television screens, waiting to see if...
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Re:"19th-century law is focus on first day of Supreme Court arguments," ModernHealthcare.com, March 26: It is hard to believe that the Supremes will overturn the 1867 law, even with ample reason to do so. This was a...
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A list of the nation's 44 largest healthcare executive search firms, ranked by total number of U.S. placements made for senior-level (senior VP and above) healthcare executives in 2011. Source: Modern Healthcare's seventh annual Executive Search Firms Survey. Published April 9, 2012, p. 32.
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Parental guidance is required for this one. Playboy Enterprises' former headquarters near downtown Chicago is being transformed into more family friendly digs for Children's Memorial Hospital.
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A long retirement full of golf games and tropical vacations might sound ideal for some, but others are content to keep right on working. And working. Such was the way for Dr. Leila Denmark, who was the world's oldest practicing physician when she finally decided to retire in 2001 at the age of 103.
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Outliers was somewhat taken with the U.S. Supreme Court's seeming obsession with broccoli during the recent arguments over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The cruciferous vegetable was mentioned nine times in the high court the day that the individual mandate to buy insurance was...
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Jeff Miles is a former trial attorney with the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division. His background was misstated in the April 2 issue (p. 10).
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