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Hunger as a health issue | Food insecurity adds to health systems' costs; October summit seeks solutions
By Steven Ross Johnson | September 28, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Five years ago, ProMedica launched a campaign to address nutrition problems after finding the system's hospitals and services were being used to treat conditions associated with malnutrition.
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Premier's strong performance | Shares up 17% on second day of trading
By Beth Kutscher | September 28, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Premier's $760 million IPO—priced above the upper end of its expected range and trading strong out of the gate—shows investor confidence in its diversified array of services and expectations under healthcare reform.
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Sparking controversy | Rise in e-cigarette use has public health experts questioning their safety, effectiveness as harm-reduction device
By Steven Ross Johnson | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The rise of electronic cigarettes has triggered a sharp debate over whether the devices can play a role in helping the nation's estimated 44 million adult smokers kick their habit.
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Gaining strength | Actuaries see rise in healthcare spending growth
By Melanie Evans | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The long slump in healthcare spending, whose growth slowed as the economy plunged into recession and never recovered, may be about to end.
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Healthcare designs flex their flexibility
By Andis Robeznieks | September 14, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
In this year's Modern Healthcare Design Awards program, it seems that more than ever, flexibility was on the minds of architects and their provider clients.
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Paying the bill | Systems offer loan options for cash-strapped patients
By Melanie Evans | September 14, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As health system Dignity Health prepares for the nation's historic expansion of health insurance, its executives are debating whether to start a loan program for newly insured patients who need help paying their share of medical bills. And it's not alone...
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Good, but not perfect | RAC program detects too little fraud: OIG report
By Joe Carlson | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The hospital industry says Medicare's retrospective program of auditing hospital bills challenges too many claims that later turn out to be justified. But a report by HHS' Office of the Inspector General found that the Medicare recovery audit program is more accurate than hospital lobbyists...
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An inside job? | Outsourcing—clinical and nonclinical—remains a popular option for supply- chain managers, but some systems are bringing services in-house
By Jaimy Lee | August 31, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Hospital systems are taking the cost-reduction lessons they learned with medical devices such as joint implants and are applying them to more obscure and less costly categories of hospital spending.
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Rumble over jailhouse healthcare | As states broaden outsourcing to private vendors, critics question quality of care and cost savings
By Beth Kutscher | August 31, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Healthcare services in Florida's prisons are undergoing a big overhaul this summer as the state hands over care for its more than 100,000 inmates to a private company.
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Reform Update: Rule allows 'unbanked' consumers to pay premiums with prepaid cards
By Jonathan Block | August 29, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
In a victory for health insurance exchange customers with lower incomes, HHS issued a final rule Wednesday that will allow individuals to pay their premiums with a prepaid debit card. The move allows individuals who do not have a bank account, called the “unbanked,” to pay premiums with...
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