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ICU Medical said to explore sale that may fetch $1 billion
By Bloomberg.com | May 09, 2013
ICU Medical, the San Clemente, Calif.-based producer of intravenous medical equipment, is weighing a sale that may fetch more than $1 billion, said people familiar with the matter. The shares rose to their highest closing price since first being sold to the public 21 years ago.
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DaVita gains as Berkshire pact seen as possible deal path
By Bloomberg.com | May 09, 2013
DaVita HealthCare Partners rallied the most since 2009 after signing an agreement that was seen as setting a path for Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to negotiate for a possible takeover.
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CMS data show wide variation in hospital billing
By Rich Daly | May 08, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
(Updated) The CMS released data showing U.S. hospitals charge widely varying amounts for the same services and also illustrating the significant variation in how much Medicare pays for those services.
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Primary-care docs generating more hospital revenue: survey
By Andis Robeznieks | May 08, 2013
While physicians in general generated less net revenue for their affiliated hospitals last year, primary-care doctors generated more, on average, than other specialists, according to a survey of hospital chief financial officers conducted by Merritt Hawkins, an Irving, Texas-based physician...
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Many medical guidelines don't consider costs
By Reuters | May 08, 2013
Professional medical societies don't often consider costs when they're developing their treatment guidelines for specific conditions, according to a new study.
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Pagers cost hospitals billions: study
By CNN Money | May 07, 2013
U.S. hospitals are wasting billions of dollars each year by having their staff use archaic communication technology like pagers.
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How 'political intelligence' can come from Congress itself
By Washington Post | May 07, 2013
A recent conference call reveals the extent to which a pipeline of valuable political insight exists between Capitol Hill and Wall Street, one that ordinary Americans and investors do not enjoy.
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Unusual billing patterns spur probe of inpatient hospice care
By Joe Carlson | May 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
HHS' inspector general's office is launching an in-depth investigation into cases where Medicare hospice beneficiaries get inpatient care, following unusual billing patterns that surfaced during recent research on the $1.1 billion industry.
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Reform Update: CMS' plan for DSH payments gets close review
By Jessica Zigmond | May 03, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
As healthcare providers and analysts continue to digest more than 1,400 pages of the CMS' recent inpatient prospective payment proposed rule, they are analyzing how the agency would implement a new payment methodology for Medicare disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) payments next year.
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NUHW chief vows to keep focus on Kaiser
By Ashok Selvam | May 03, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Officials from SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West downplayed any threat posed by the National Union of Healthcare Workers before defeating their upstart rival a second time for the right to represent the 45,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in California.
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