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Mortality rates rise at critical-access hospitals: study
By Maureen McKinney | April 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Faced with tight budgets and aging patient populations, critical-access hospitals have seen their mortality rates increase during the past decade, even as such rates have dropped at other acute-care hospitals, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Bill would offer meaningful-use exemptions
By Joseph Conn | April 01, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A Republican congresswoman from Tennessee has introduced legislation that would exempt solo practitioners and physicians nearing retirement from the upcoming Medicare reimbursement cuts for physicians who do not meet meaningful-use requirements for electronic health-record systems under the...
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New HIE tool kit targets rural hospitals and clinics
By Joseph Conn | March 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Leaders of critical-access hospitals and other rural hospitals and healthcare clinics now have access to a tool kit containing five online guides to help them participate in health information exchange.
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Oversight at issue | Hospitals say clinical supervision rules fall short; legislative solution planned
By Rich Daly | March 02, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Lawmakers may step in to resolve a five-year dispute over the appropriate level of clinical oversight at rural hospitals.
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NP opportunities hinge on payer policies: study
By Ashok Selvam | February 28, 2013
A study that looked at scope-of-practice laws in six states concluded that the laws don't restrict the breadth of primary-care services that nurse practitioners offer patients, but the laws still affect payer policies which then curtail how and where NPs can practice.
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Loosening the rules | CMS proposes reducing need for supervising docs
By Ashok Selvam | February 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Thanks to a proposed CMS rule change, dietitians and other clinicians at hospitals will be able to do the jobs they were trained for without having to hunt down a physician to supervise them.
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Ala. bill to increase tax incentives for rural doctors
By Anniston (Ala.) Star | February 12, 2013
Dr. Jean Robert Ferdinand just wanted to get away from it all. Eighteen months ago, Ferdinand moved from New York to Heflin, Ala., to open Cleburne County Family and Sports Medicine.
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Critical-access hospitals get break on staffing
By Ashok Selvam | February 05, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The CMS has proposed reducing hospital staffing requirements at critical-access hospitals, rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers, which could save those facilities as much as $676 million a year.
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Doctor finds calling in rural town
By Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal | January 21, 2013
Dr. Chet Anthony's patients don't typically include livestock, but last fall, the family physician made an exception for a donkey named Jeremiah.
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$400 million broadband allocation planned
By Joseph Conn | January 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Expanding patient access to medical specialists is the goal of a new, permanent $400 million annual allocation to promote or develop high-speed communications links to rural providers.
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