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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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PCORI in the hot seat | New agency needs to set a bold comparative effectiveness research agenda

By Merrill Goozner | April 27, 2013 | Print Magazine

Comparative effectiveness research—learning what works best in medicine—is a great idea whose time has come.
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Prescription for change | Annual ranking of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare spotlights leaders who are implementing their own brands of reform, innovation

By Andis Robeznieks | April 20, 2013 | Print Magazine

As Oregon's governor, Dr. John Kitzhaber brought Democrats and Republicans together to reform his state's Medicaid program, and he brought doctors and lawyers together to advance tort reform.
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Preparedness under assault | While Boston's response to bombing showed crucial role of planning, strides elsewhere in emergency readiness could be undermined by budget cuts

By Jaimy Lee and Maureen McKinney | April 20, 2013 | Print Magazine

For public health officials across the country, the Boston Marathon bombing and the blast at a Texas fertilizer plant last week served as a wake-up call: How would their communities cope?
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Mass casualty preparedness | Boston responded in stellar fashion, but could every community do the same?

By Merrill Goozner | April 20, 2013 | Print Magazine

Once again, a senseless act of violence has upended any notion that the war on terror will someday end and a sense of normalcy will return to national life.
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15 Top Health Systems | Establishing a culture focused on quality

By Modern Healthcare | April 13, 2013 | Print Magazine

Performance improvement in healthcare often takes changing processes, launching new initiatives and installing cutting-edge technologies. But achieving long-lasting gains also requires changing the culture.
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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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Dissecting the president's budget | Crucial agencies would barely keep up with inflation under Obama's plan

By Merrill Goozner | April 13, 2013 | Print Magazine

From a healthcare perspective, the release of President Barack Obama's budget last week was extremely disturbing—and not because of the new cuts it would impose on healthcare providers.
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Beyond the glass ceiling | The Top 25 Women in Healthcare honorees take on key roles as significant change in the industry unfolds

By Beth Kutscher and Rachel Landen | April 06, 2013 | Print Magazine

The ranks of women executives are growing at a time when a national conversation has refocused on how to get more women to aim for the highest levels of their professions.
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Size matters | Small hospitals need incentives to improve—but first, find out what works

By Merrill Goozner | April 06, 2013 | Print Magazine

A study that appeared last week documented a decade-long rise in 30-day mortality rates at critical-access hospitals, most of which are rural with fewer than 25 beds.
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