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Pushing for payment | Doctors group aims to get payers to cover lung cancer screenings

By Jaimy Lee | May 11, 2013 | Print Magazine

Some hospitals have been using low-dose CT scans in recent years to screen patients at high risk for lung cancer even though most payers, including the CMS, still don't reimburse for the tests.
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Beyond hospice | New models of care focus on advanced illnesses

By Maureen McKinney | April 27, 2013 | Print Magazine

Proponents of emerging forms of advanced illness care are banking on new payment models, such as accountable care organizations, to bolster their efforts and provide reliable reimbursement.
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Competing for consumers | Coming coordinated-care squeeze prompts providers to push into insurance market

By Melanie Evans | April 27, 2013 | Print Magazine

For providers that own health plans, the new insurance markets offer an alluring opportunity for them to expand or gain market share in their primary business: providing healthcare.
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Feeling the outpatient pinch | Lower demand squeezes chains' quarterly earnings

By Beth Kutscher | April 27, 2013 | Print Magazine

The first quarter of 2013 looked like it might be a big one for hospitals as the New Year opened with an early, severe flu season that led to a rush for services.
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Aging U.S. to drive up heart-related health costs: study

By Reuters | April 25, 2013

The costs linked to heart failure in the U.S. are expected to more than double within the next two decades as the population ages and treatments help patients with the disease live longer.
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Winners and Losers | Corporate tax overhaul would have very different effects for various healthcare sectors

By Beth Kutscher | April 13, 2013 | Print Magazine

Hospital chains, health insurers and retail pharmacy groups are likely to wind up big winners in any shakeup of the corporate tax code, while pharmaceutical companies and medical-device makers may find themselves fighting tooth and nail to keep the status quo.
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More cuts ahead? | Obama's budget plan opens broader deficit debate

By Jessica Zigmond | April 13, 2013 | Print Magazine

President Barack Obama's proposal to shave $400 billion from federal healthcare spending over the next decade appears to be the starting point for this year's broader deficit-reduction debate.
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Grappling with pensions | Some systems scramble as low interest rates put a drag on their finances

By Beth Kutscher | April 06, 2013 | Print Magazine

At the end of 2011, Wake Forest Baptist Health launched a communications blitz to introduce a major overhaul to its retirement benefits. The system froze its pension plan and transitioned all employees to 403(b) accounts.
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Primed to buy | Systems' hefty cash balances suggest imminent acquisitions spree, analysts say

By Beth Kutscher | March 30, 2013 | Print Magazine

Some of the nation's largest for-profit hospital chains are sitting on mounting cash piles, suggesting to analysts that a wave of dealmaking may be in the offing.
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Redesigning healthcare | New delivery initiatives include ACOs, walk-in clinics, medical homes

By Rich Daly | March 23, 2013 | Print Magazine

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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