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Redesigning healthcare | New delivery initiatives include ACOs, walk-in clinics, medical homes
By Rich Daly | March 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Healthcare innovation doesn't happen overnight, or even within three years. Read about the Top 5 innovations happening in healthcare delivery right now.
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Countdown to Oct. 1 | Blues chief, CMS wrangle over exchange readiness
By Rich Daly | March 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
An influential doubter poured cold water on the Obama administration's promise that health insurance marketplaces across the U.S. will be open for business in a matter of months, even as officials stand by their word that enrollment will begin in every state Oct. 1.
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Antitrust turning point? | Idaho case could clarify rules on buying practices
By Joe Carlson | March 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Hospitals have been gobbling up physician practices at a rapid clip in recent years, raising concern among antitrust regulators that some of the acquisitions will lead to monopolistic practices such as price gouging. Yet the government still hasn't brought a single case to trial, which would...
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Transparency lacking | Despite Sunshine Act rules, policies still an issue
By Jaimy Lee | March 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Federal authorities and healthcare providers continue to wrestle with conflicts that might taint decisions about which drugs reach patients. Concerns persist even as new federal rules that seek to improve transparency among providers and drug and device manufacturers go into effect.
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Phoebe Putney's legal setback | Supreme Court says deal not exempt from antitrust scrutiny, may affect ACOs
By Beth Kutscher | February 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
In 2010, Phoebe Putney Health System agreed to write a $195 million check to buy its smaller crosstown competitor in southwest Georgia, a facility with just over 100 beds.
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Illinois: Audit is flawed | State fights HHS' efforts to collect $140 million
By Joe Carlson | February 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Illinois state officials, who are already grappling with one of the nation's most severe fiscal crises, plan to continue fighting the federal government's efforts to squeeze the state Medicaid program for $140 million.
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Loosening the rules | CMS proposes reducing need for supervising docs
By Ashok Selvam | February 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Thanks to a proposed CMS rule change, dietitians and other clinicians at hospitals will be able to do the jobs they were trained for without having to hunt down a physician to supervise them.
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'Read between the lines' | Obama's address leaves industry guessing on changes to healthcare
By Jessica Zigmond | February 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
President Barack Obama's blink-and-you'll-miss-it mention of healthcare in his State of the Union address left industry leaders to speculate how far the administration will go toward reforming Medicare to reduce the nation's deficit—and which programs will take the hardest hit in the...
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Addressing healthcare | With the country watching, Obama has the chance to propel ACA's insurance enrollment effort
By Rich Daly | February 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
President Barack Obama rarely makes much mention of healthcare in his annual keynote speeches, but this week he could use the forum to help launch a historic enrollment effort.
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What he should say | Healthcare leaders offer suggestions for State of the Union
By Modern Healthcare | February 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Modern Healthcare reporters reached out by phone and e-mail to leaders from across the industry to find out what they hoped to hear from President Barack Obama on Tuesday. Here's what they said: Dr. James Weinstein, president and CEO of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system
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