By Joe Carlson and Ashok Selvam | May 21, 2013
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Treating injuries from tornadoes is a well-established job in Oklahoma, but healthcare providers say the twister that carved a 17-mile-long path of destruction through central Oklahoma Monday produced surprising injury patterns and unusual flows of patients. FULL STORY »
An early report on Monday's tragedy in Oklahoma points to just how far this nation has come in a short time on health information exchange. FULL STORY »
As many state legislative sessions have finished or are nearing completion, advocates of expanding Medicaid eligibility are looking at their next steps. FULL STORY »
Not-for-profit healthcare providers are making a number of changes to decrease the burden of underfunded pension obligations, including making sweeping changes to their retirement plans and investment strategies. FULL STORY »
Where consumers live and their state's previous insurance rules may determine whether they experience “rate shock” this fall in their small business and individual plans. FULL STORY »
By Ashok Selvam and Joe Carlson | May 20, 2013
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A tornado ripped through a small Oklahoma hospital Monday afternoon and rendered the facility helpless to treat victims of the widespread devastation in the area. FULL STORY »
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has introduced a Senate version of the Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013, a bill aimed at blocking HHS from implementing the ICD-10 diagnostic and procedural codes, which it is scheduled to do on Oct. 1, 2014. FULL STORY »
Efforts to shift patients to lower-cost healthcare settings appear to flounder as the emergency department continues to play a larger role in where and how care is delivered. FULL STORY »
The CMS center charged with testing new payment and delivery models has pinpointed post-acute care as a high-cost area in dire need of novel new approaches, and experts in the field are applauding the move. FULL STORY »
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