More than 150 hospitals say they will get rid of deep fryers, boost the amount of fruits and vegetables they purchase, and stop promoting junk food at the cash register.
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On June 6, I went to have my annual physical. I paid a $15 copay, but I also had blood work done, and when I walked out of the office, I had no idea how much I was going to be obligated to pay for those tests.
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Change meets challenge as healthcare interest groups anticipate the political outcome—and resulting policy consequences—of next month's presidential election.
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A call by several Republican House leaders to hit the pause button on federal electronic health-record incentive payments sits poorly with the top Obama administration official overseeing health information technology. Dr. Farzad Mostashari, head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health...
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More than 500 law-enforcement officials fanned out across the country last week to execute arrests in a coordinated healthcare fraud takedown involving charges against 91 people in seven cities for false Medicare billings allegedly totaling $429 million. A joint operation of the U.S. Justice...
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More than 150 hospitals say they will get rid of deep fryers, boost the amount of fruits and vegetables they purchase, and stop promoting junk food at the cash register.
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As the early details of state health insurance exchanges have emerged, some are drawing provider opposition and others may split provider ranks.
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It was a less than smooth start for the CMS' Readmissions Reduction Program when, on the eve of the program's Oct. 1 launch date, the agency announced it had slightly miscalculated penalties for many of the more than 2,200 hospitals that will face cuts to their Medicare reimbursements in 2013.
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In the first of three debates this month, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney hammered the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for the $716 billion in Medicare reductions that President Barack Obama said was saved by no longer overpaying insurers and providers. Romney also said during the...
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Not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare systems hauled in a record $8.9 billion in donations in fiscal 2011, but fundraisers still face pressure to find more donors as various income streams dry up.
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Dignity Health became the latest not-for-profit health system to announce it would venture for the first time into taxable public markets.
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West Penn Allegheny Health System wants to explore possibilities for a new partner to salvage its finances, but Highmark isn't ready to let go.
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Members of the American Health Information Management Association were encouraged to “Dream big” in Chicago, the theme of the group's 84th annual convention and exhibit.
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Tenet Healthcare Corp. is taking advantage of favorable debt markets to launch a $400 million buying spree that will allow it to gain strength in key markets.
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Physician organizations cheered on the American Academy of Family Physicians for issuing a report that not only advocated for the patient-centered medical home model of team-based care, but also for insisting that those teams be led by doctors. Nurses did not have the same reaction.
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Modern Healthcare is conducting a survey on revenue-cycle consulting firms. This survey is intended for U.S. companies/firms that have dedicated practice areas and staff to address the needs of the healthcare revenue-cycle process.
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Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group was omitted from the list of largest healthcare management consulting firms and would have ranked 11th with $54 million in total provider revenue for 2011.
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Just before the 2008 elections, behavioral healthcare providers scored a big win with the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act—best known as the federal bailout of the U.S. financial sector.
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Change meets challenge as healthcare interest groups anticipate the political outcome—and resulting policy consequences—of next month's presidential election.
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NEW YORK—New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. said major construction is complete for its $325 million Harlem Hospital Center Mural Pavilion, which opened at the end of September. The pavilion, which connects the Harlem Hospital's Martin Luther King Jr. Pavilion and the Ronald H.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Illinois officials chose a relatively lean small-group policy as the benchmark plan for essential health benefits in the state under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Gov. Pat Quinn's healthcare council approved Blue Cross and Blue Shield's Blue...
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SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Blue Shield of California has reached an exclusive agreement with a company founded by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong to provide information technology services for a newly created accountable care organization. The ACO will include Access Medical Group, an...
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RICHARDSON, Texas—Dallas-based Methodist Health System broke ground Sept. 27 on Methodist Richardson Medical Center-Bush/Renner, a $120 million outpatient hospital in Richardson. The new facility will be an expansion of the health system's existing 147-bed acute-care hospital,...
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On June 6, I went to have my annual physical. I paid a $15 copay, but I also had blood work done, and when I walked out of the office, I had no idea how much I was going to be obligated to pay for those tests.
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“The change to electronic patient records at U.S. hospitals was inevitable, but using these new systems to cheat must not be. The federal pitch to move to electronic records came enveloped in promises of lower costs and better care. It all sounded pretty good. Recent reports, however, have...
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Regarding “Nurses group: AAFP 'out of step' on medical-home leadership," discussions about nurse-practitioner and medical-doctor practice almost always come down to who has the most education, the most...
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A list of the nation's 20 largest healthcare Political Action Committee donations, ranked by total political action committee contributions for federal candidates for 2012 election cycle. Source: Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org). Published Oct. 8, 2012, p. 34.
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Norman Majors, senior VP and chief administrative officer at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, plans to retire at the end of the year. Majors, 67, joined the hospital in 1978. He will continue to serve part time next year as senior adviser to the CEO. … Methodist...
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The legions of Apple fans who queue up each time the company unveils an updated version of its iPad probably aren't thinking about how they can use the device to peer into the gray matter of arguably the 20th century's greatest thinker.
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Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group was omitted from the list of largest healthcare management consulting firms and would have ranked 11th with $54 million in total provider revenue for 2011.
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