During confirmation hearings in 2005 after he was nominated to become the next chief justice of the United States, John Roberts described a judge's role as that of an “umpire.”
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There's an exception to every rule, and we made a big one when we chose Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts as the most influential person in healthcare for 2012.
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HHS unclogged a backlog of key information technology regulations late last week, including a rule that sets the ICD-10 implementation date for Oct. 1, 2014—to the consternation of a major physician's group, the MGMA.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld federally funded research using stem cells derived from human embryos—with the court's three judges each offering a different reason for deciding so.
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During confirmation hearings in 2005 after he was nominated to become the next chief justice of the United States, John Roberts described a judge's role as that of an “umpire.”
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A U.S. senator for 31 years and the author of more than 2,000 sometimes hard-to-decipher Twitter messages, Chuck Grassley also has had a long run on the annual 100 Most Influential rankings.
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In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Andis Robeznieks talks with the third most influential person in healthcare, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, about the state's newly restructured Medicaid program that seeks to improve healthcare delivery through Coordinated Care Organizations.
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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The clinical benefits and financial viability of patient-centered medical homes will be put to the ultimate test by 500 primary-care practices taking part in a new Medicare demonstration project.
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Healthcare will play a prominent role at the Republicans' big show in Tampa, Fla., this week, but that's not due to a strong directorial effort from the industry's main lobbying organizations.
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Final regulations for the second phase of the federal program to boost the use of electronic health records may have eased the burden on individual clinicians, but hospitals continue to consider it a challenging path.
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Aetna's planned acquisition of Coventry Health Care marks the third, and possibly the last acquisition of a large managed-care company as insurers focus on preparing for expanded Medicaid eligibility in 2014.
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With healthcare promising to be one of the dominant topics of the Republican National Convention this week in Tampa, Fla., Modern Healthcare is sending a team there to cover the developments for our readers. We'll also be sending a crew next week to Charlotte, N.C., to cover the Democratic National...
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Nominations for Modern Healthcare's 20th annual Spirit of Excellence Awards are now open. The awards, co-sponsored by Sodexo Health Care Services, honor organizations that go beyond what's expected in serving their patients and...
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Modern Healthcare is looking for companies and organizations to participate in its fifth annual Healthcare Purchasing Power Survey. This survey examines how much major employers spend on providing healthcare benefits and services to their employees—essentially, who pays for healthcare and how...
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Whether it is through contracted services, formal and informational discussions, or joint operating committees, post-acute providers are finding different ways to offer their services to ACOs.
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There's an exception to every rule, and we made a big one when we chose Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts as the most influential person in healthcare for 2012.
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“To hear Mitt Romney tell it, President Barack Obama is a thief. The Republican candidate says Obama 'robbed' $700 billion from Medicare ... a reference to changes made in the health reform law. Before Romney calls the cops, he should do a little more research. Then he might actually commend...
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Editor's note: Our Aug. 13 Special Feature on executive compensation drew a number of responses from nurse executives who felt the piece was incomplete because it didn't include compensation data for the...
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A list of the nation's 28 largest skilled-nursing companies, ranked by the number of skilled-nursing facilities in 2011. Source: Modern Healthcare's 13th annual Post-Acute Care Survey. Published Aug. 27, 2012, p. 60.
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“The rise of obesity around the world is coincident with widespread antibiotic use, and our studies provide an experimental linkage. It is possible that early exposure to antibiotics primes children for obesity later in life.”
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