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The healthcare industry is gradually overcoming its fears and is—finally—about to get high on the cloud.
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The authors of Cracking Health Costs say more companies should re-evaluate their approach to wellness programs.
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People waiting to read the Federation of State Medical Boards' annual report summarizing national statistics for doctor discipline are waiting in vain. The FSMB has quietly killed its Annual Summary of Board Actions report. The Federation, which has published the report since 1985, promises that a...
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The turnaround in the financial markets—and an overall improving economy—means charitable giving has improved at hospitals at a time when their investment portfolios are also seeing greater returns.
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Asking 15 experts to solve a $200 billion-plus problem that has stymied federal lawmakers for decades seems challenging enough. Add to that task a deadline of less than three months, a bitterly divided Congress and a battle-weary administration.
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Reprocessing single-use medical devices is not new. The practice has been around for decades, but the market has reported significant growth as more hospitals seek to save money and reduce waste.
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National economic policies that impose harsh cuts on social programs, especially healthcare safety nets, can be lethal, literally. That's the argument made by David Stuckler, a senior research leader at Oxford University, and Dr. Sanjay Basu, a Stanford University epidemiologist, in their recent...
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Private health insurance exchanges are growing and increasingly are being pitched to small employers. They are geared toward employers that buy fully insured products as well as self-insured firms.
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A growing number of private insurance exchange operators are targeting the small-employer market, and that could have a negative impact on the public small business exchanges established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, some experts say.
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As healthcare lawyers like to say, there's always some hospital CEO stuck on an airplane when a deal is finalized.
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