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Beaumont CMO Diokno announces retirement

By Ashok Selvam | May 16, 2013

Beaumont Health System Executive VP and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ananias Diokno has announced his retirement.
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Up to 20% of kids experience mental disorders: CDC report

By Jessica Zigmond | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web

Up to 1 in 5 children living in the U.S. have mental disorders, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about $247 billion is spent on children's mental health each year.
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5 Beaumont clinical chiefs ask system to reconsider Henry Ford Health merger

By Jay Greene, Crain's Detroit Business | May 16, 2013

Five clinical service chiefs at Beaumont Health System Tuesday delivered a letter to the Beaumont board of directors asking the board to reconsider its proposed merger with the Henry Ford Health System, sources told Crain's.
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Order prevents Phoebe Putney from integrating new hospital

By Joe Carlson | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web

Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union.
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Senate confirms Tavenner as CMS administrator

By Rich Daly | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web

Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed Wednesday as the first permanent CMS administrator since 2006.
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Reform Update: ACO Pioneers may be mulling their options

By Melanie Evans | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web

As the deadline nears for Medicare's first accountable care organizations to decide whether they will continue with the initiative, at least one is debating whether to leave.
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Obama planning June 3 mental health conference

By Associated Press | May 15, 2013

President Barack Obama is planning a mental health conference next month in response to gun violence.
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CMS tightens focus with next round of innovation awards

By Jessica Zigmond | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web

The CMS Innovation Center will apply a more focused approach for the second round of the healthcare reform law's Health Care Innovation Awards that the agency announced Wednesday.
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Drop in hospital PPI biggest since '04

By Melanie Evans | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web

The acute-care hospital Producer Price Index dropped 0.6% in April, preliminary data show. The decline is the largest one-month slide for the hospital inflation measure since January 2004, the first month for which data are available.
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Green named CEO of URAC

By Maureen McKinney | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web

URAC, a Washington-based healthcare measurement and accreditation organization, has named Kylanne Green president and CEO, effective July 22. Green succeeds Alan Spielman, who left his post Feb. 15 after serving as president and CEO since 2005.
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