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SGR hopes face tough realities | $139 billion, new payment formula still needed
By Rich Daly | May 18, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Legislators on both sides of the aisle and on both sides of Capitol Hill are touting their early start on overhauling the Medicare physician payment system. However, those claims of progress will soon run into hard realities: No one has yet come up with a concrete plan to address the biggest...
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Regional News/Midwest: Henry Ford merger delayed | Beaumont chiefs want system to reconsider deal
By Jay Greene | May 18, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Five clinical service chiefs at Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Health System delivered a letter to the Beaumont board of directors asking the board to reconsider its proposed merger with Henry Ford Health System, sources told Crain's Detroit Business.
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Video Feature: MGMA-ACMPE's Dr. Susan Turney (4:10)
By Modern Healthcare | May 18, 2013
Modern Healthcare's Washington bureau chief Jessica Zigmond talks with Dr. Susan Turney, president and CEO of the MGMA-ACMPE.
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Mandates 'decimating' medicine, and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | May 18, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Our government is systematically decimating the practice of medicine in the U.S. The CMS called a long overdue “timeout” and solicited comments concerning how to rectify their disastrous electronic health-record mandates. The current immature, rushed, proprietary EHR technology fails to...
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Oregon releases benchmark report on Medicaid reform
By Andis Robeznieks | May 17, 2013
The Oregon Health Authority released its benchmark-setting report tracking the progress of the state's Medicaid transformation program, which is projected to save $11 billion over the next 10 years.
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Bill expands opportunities for physician assistants in Missouri
By KCUR.org (Kansas City, Mo.) | May 17, 2013
Physician assistants may soon have more opportunities to practice in Missouri. A bill headed to the Governor's desk would provide more flexibility in how and where they provide care.
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Ark. doctors ask court to block state's new abortion rules
By Bloomberg | May 17, 2013
Two doctors are set to ask a U.S. judge to block the Human Heartbeat Protection Act, an Arkansas law banning most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
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Andis Robeznieks Physician News Blog
I'm Not a Doctor: Physician Affairs Blog – AMA membership, doc population offer study in contrasts
By Andis Robeznieks | May 17, 2013
Critics of the American Medical Association argue that the organization's ranks have shrunk to the point where it can no longer claim to be the voice of the nation's doctors. Now new demographic information suggests that, not only might the AMA no longer represent doctors, but its membership and...
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Pills tracked from doctor to patient to aid drug marketing
By New York Times | May 16, 2013
In the old days, sales representatives from drug companies would chat up local pharmacists to learn what drugs doctors were prescribing. Now such shoulder-rubbing is becoming a quaint memory—thanks to vast databases of patient and doctor information being used by pharmaceutical companies to...
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Boston panel drops bid for bomb victims' info
By Boston Herald | May 16, 2013
The Boston Public Health Commission has backed off its request for bombing victims' medical records, after three Boston police, fire and EMS unions accused the agency of trying to breach doctor-patient confidentiality.
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