As Oregon's governor, Dr. John Kitzhaber brought Democrats and Republicans together to reform his state's Medicaid program, and he brought doctors and lawyers together to advance tort reform.
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For public health officials across the country, the Boston Marathon bombing and the blast at a Texas fertilizer plant last week served as a wake-up call: How would their communities cope?
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Once again, a senseless act of violence has upended any notion that the war on terror will someday end and a sense of normalcy will return to national life.
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A bipartisan Senate immigration bill could boost the nation's healthcare workforce in addition to expanding coverage to millions of newly legal residents.
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By Jaimy Lee and Maureen McKinney
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For public health officials across the country, the Boston Marathon bombing and the blast at a Texas fertilizer plant last week served as a wake-up call: How would their communities cope?
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Edward J. Novak, the owner and CEO of Sacred Heart Hospital, had been a fixture in healthcare on Chicago's impoverished West Side for decades before he was jailed last week.
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Healthcare lawyers are praising a revised how-to guide from HHS' inspector general's office that clarifies the leniency and timeframe that healthcare companies can expect when they turn themselves in for potentially fraudulent financial arrangements.
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The bumpy advance of Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe's unusual Medicaid proposal has gotten considerable notice in other conservative-leaning states and the attention of the Obama administration. Now it's likely to draw intense federal scrutiny.
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Policymakers hope moving Medicare- and Medicaid-eligible seniors into managed-care plans will save a lot of money through better coordination of care, but the payoff may not be as big as expected.
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Hospitals earn higher profit margins when patients, particularly those with private insurance, experience surgical complications, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Healthcare facility design is about far more than creating a modern, attractive building. Maximum functionality for professional staff and an interior environment that's truly conducive to healing have become key priorities in healthcare architecture.
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A chart listing the largest physician staffing firms (“By the Numbers,” April 1) failed to include Merritt Hawkins, a division of San Diego-based AMN Healthcare Services. It should have been...
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The campaign to give more primary-care duties to nurse practitioners faces headwinds across the country. Physician groups continue to resist sweeping measures that would expand the allowed scope of practice for licensed nurses with advanced medical training.
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Editor's note: The Mayo Clinic is working to stay at the forefront of healthcare delivery and medical research in an era of retrenchment in public resources. Modern Healthcare Washington Bureau Chief Jessica Zigmond caught up with Mayo Clinic President and CEO Dr. John Noseworthy during a visit...
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Some see the stars aligning for a once-in-a-lifetime shift in the way clinicians are paid. But the future physician payment system could end up looking a lot like the past.
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As Oregon's governor, Dr. John Kitzhaber brought Democrats and Republicans together to reform his state's Medicaid program, and he brought doctors and lawyers together to advance tort reform.
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Consolidation, healthcare reform, dwindling revenue and the demographic tsunami of aging Americans are among the forces challenging healthcare organizations to develop accountable, quality-driven delivery systems. The process requires the transformation of leadership teams to encompass new skill...
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Part of Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician's recognition of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare this year will include an awards gala set for Sept. 9 in downtown Chicago.
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To determine the ninth annual ranking of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare, Modern Healthcare and sister publication Modern Physician issued a call for nominations on Nov. 12, 2012. Through Dec. 13, readers submitted nominations via ModernPhysician.com and...
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Once again, a senseless act of violence has upended any notion that the war on terror will someday end and a sense of normalcy will return to national life.
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“Pentagon struggles with high cost of healthcare” contains many misrepresentations and untruths. “The cost of military healthcare has almost tripled since 2001” is misleading in that the reported...
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A list of the nation's top 37 business graduate schools for physician-executives based on the 2012-13 school year. Source: Modern Healthcare's 11th annual survey of business graduate schools. Published April 22, 2013, p. 34.
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Shirley Weis, VP and chief administrative officer for the Mayo Clinic, plans to retire by the end of the year. Weis, a former emergency room nurse and a veteran of healthcare management and managed-care operations, joined the Rochester, Minn.-based system in 1995 from the insurer Blue Care...
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Ben Patton may be smart, good-looking and successful, but the head of Integrity Transitional Hospital in Denton, Texas, decided to call in the experts when it came to dating.
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“A baseball bat doesn't exist until it's isolated from a tree. But that's still the product of human invention to decide where to begin the bat and where to end the bat.”
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A chart listing the largest physician staffing firms (“By the Numbers,” April 1) failed to include Merritt Hawkins, a division of San Diego-based AMN Healthcare Services. It should have been...
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