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ER doctors join campaign to reduce wasteful care

By Boston Globe | October 15, 2013

Over the past two years, dozens of medical specialty groups have embraced a national campaign to reduce unneeded tests and procedures, with at least one notable exception: Emergency room doctors have been slow to join this push to cut costs and improve care.
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Healthcare's Hottest No. 40: Emergent Medical Associates

By Modern Healthcare | September 28, 2013 | Print Magazine

What it does: Emergent is a physicians group offering comprehensive emergency care and care-management services/staffing for medical groups and hospitals in Southern California. It currently serves more than 20 facilities.
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Put me out of business, trauma doctor pleads after U.S. Navy Yard shootings

By Reuters | September 17, 2013

A doctor who oversaw the treatment of multiple victims of Monday's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard is seizing her time in the spotlight to call for an end to gun violence.
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Officials: 3 Navy Yard shooting victims to recover

By Associated Press | September 16, 2013 | Basic Web

A hospital official says a police officer and two civilians wounded in the shootings at the Washington Navy Yard are expected to survive.
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CMS takes aim at 'facility' fees | Rule would replace five code prices with flat rate

By Fred Schulte | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine

Federal officials for more than a decade have let hospitals charge Medicare varying rates for certain emergency department overhead and staffing costs called “facility” fees—a controversial policy some critics believe invites overcharges.
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Team Health subpoenaed over services at HMA facilities

By Beth Kutscher | September 05, 2013 | Basic Web

Team Health, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based physician staffing company, said it received a subpoena Tuesday related to its services at hospitals owned by Health Management Associates.
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Reform Update: Docs receiving enhanced Medicaid managed-care pay in just six states, AAFP says

By Andis Robeznieks | August 26, 2013 | Basic Web

The American Academy of Family Physicians reports that there are only six states at this point where primary-care physicians are receiving enhanced Medicaid managed-care payments under the healthcare reform law to bring them up to Medicare payment levels.
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More docs get EHR help | Medical scribes move beyond the emergency room

By Joseph Conn | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine

Physicians say they like to use medical scribes to handle EHR data entry because they find EHRs slow and clunky to use, interfering with their interactions with patients.
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New Ga. alliance joins wave of providers seeking common benefits and independence

By Beth Kutscher | July 23, 2013 | Basic Web

The goals of population health management may be encouraging rampant consolidation across the healthcare industry, but some systems are pushing back.
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ER visits for dizziness cost over $4 billion a year

By Andis Robeznieks | July 17, 2013

It's enough to make your head spin. Estimated costs for visits to hospital emergency departments for dizziness-related complaints exceed $4 billion a year, according to a new study.
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