The White House finally put a number on how much needs to be cut from Medicare as part of the debt-ceiling law, and healthcare groups put a number on how much it would cost them—in jobs.
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Last week offered the usual steady diet of reports, studies and analyses in the news, inside and outside of healthcare. But as is often the case today, the data are interconnected.
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Sustainable design and construction—as well as ease of facility access for patients and families—were common elements that ran through the entries in our 2012 Design Awards competition.
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Some Democrats defended HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius after the U.S. Office of Special Counsel found she violated federal law in “extemporaneous partisan remarks” while acting in her official capacity as head of HHS.
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A federal appeals court rejected Maine's lawsuit that demanded swift action from the federal government on the state's Aug. 1 request to eliminate Medicaid coverage for more than 20,000 residents. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston declared the lawsuit premature because the CMS had 90...
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The CMS has done better recently in reporting violations by durable medical equipment suppliers to a national database used to keep fraudsters out of the healthcare system, but an audit said the agency is still not meeting other reporting requirements. HHS' inspector general's office said in a...
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The White House finally put a number on how much needs to be cut from Medicare as part of the debt-ceiling law, and healthcare groups put a number on how much it would cost them—in jobs.
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An HHS report found consumers saved billions from insurance provisions in the healthcare reform law, but critics dismissed it as campaign fluff.
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The U.S. Census Bureau delivered numbers suggesting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has started to winnow the country's ranks of uninsured as the presidential candidates pin their prospects in part on whether Americans want the law to stay or go.
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The home health industry is fighting back against Medicare payment cuts and restrictions that punish the sector broadly for the billing fraud and abuse in home health claims.
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Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center stood alone seven years ago when the hospital first required its staff to receive influenza vaccinations.
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For 32 years, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan has been regulated under a special law that recognizes its status as the only insurer in the state that accepts all who apply for insurance—a law whose purpose is muted by the requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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Many of the healthcare industry's information technology cogno-scenti are pleased that the top U.S. official over health information technology hit the regulatory pause button to allow the private sector to take the lead on the nationwide health information network. Even some who like the approach,...
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A four-year federally financed program aimed at reducing rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections made big strides in prevention but not necessarily in state-by-state participation.
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Some hospitals, wary of maintenance costs, aren't participating in government efforts to keep high-risk radiological sources in medical facilities secure from terrorists.
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The deadline for Modern Healthcare's fifth annual Healthcare Purchasing Power Survey has been extended to Oct. 19. Co-sponsored by the Leapfrog Group and the National Business Coalition on Health, this survey recognizes the growing power employers have to dictate how healthcare services are...
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While new medical office buildings have been added to the landscape across the country, the trend toward larger multispecialty practices is driving the need for supersized physician spaces.
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Sustainable design and construction—as well as ease of facility access for patients and families—were common elements that ran through the entries in our 2012 Design Awards competition.
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The UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center was designed to complement existing structures on the University of California at San Diego Health System's Thornton Hospital campus in La Jolla while creating its own identity.
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With the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects created an iconic presence near the Hudson River in Manhattan.
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Kaiser Permanente's Small Hospital, Big Idea Project was an architectural competition and, among its 108 entries, this design is a Modern Healthcare Design Awards Honorable Mention. Architect Felicia Cleper-Borkovi created the design for San Bruno, Calif.-based Aditazz, and says the canopy,...
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King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital will add a modern “striking element” to an existing campus, says Nick Seierup, a principal and design director with Perkins & Will, the project's architectural firm.
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The Sheikh Khalifa Medical City combines the facilities of general, pediatric, shown above, and women's hospitals on a campus featuring a “town center” of cafes, stores, prayer rooms and education spaces. Design Awards...
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Each of the Lurie Children's Hospital's 23 floors features an interactive element—such as this custom-designed fire engine cab—to engage children and promote a healing environment.
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One judge praised the Lunder Building for fitting into a tight urban context. It houses emergency and radiation oncology departments and features multiple links to adjacent buildings.
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The 12-story Roberts Pavilion on the Cooper University Hospital campus features a healing garden outside and two-story-high bamboo plants in its atrium. It combines 300,000 square feet of new construction and 80,000 square feet of renovated space.
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Piedmont Newnan combines a 136-bed replacement hospital and a 120,000-square-foot medical office building on a 105-acre park-like setting complete with green space and fish pond.
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Last week offered the usual steady diet of reports, studies and analyses in the news, inside and outside of healthcare. But as is often the case today, the data are interconnected.
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A report from a panel of prominent healthcare experts identifies about $750 billion in annual savings the group claims could be achieved by adjusting current practices. The implication is that rooting out waste and fraud in a bloated system could mean deep cuts in the nation's healthcare bill are...
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A list of the nation's 20 largest medical schools -- 10 allopathic and 10 osteopathic -- ranked by total active enrollment for the 2011-12 school year. Sources: Association of American Medical Colleges; American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. Published Sept. 17, 2012, p. 32.
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Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas, promoted Daniel Cancelmi to CFO. Cancelmi, 49, replaces Biggs Porter, who stepped down March 30 to become CFO of engineering and construction firm Fluor Corp. Cancelmi has been Tenet's principal accounting officer since 2007 and senior VP since 2009. He...
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Outliers knows hospitals can be dangerous places to work. But a hospital in India has adopted a novel approach to tamp down violence: bouncers.
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“Our nation cannot afford for the ACA to stumble out of the starting gate. A cascade of last-minute regulations will create confusion and thus...
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