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Medicare readmission rate falls, but cause unclear, study says
By Joe Carlson | May 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A new study finds that U.S. hospitals recorded about 70,000 fewer cases than expected of Medicare patients being readmitted for inpatient care last year.
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Jolie's disclosure of preventive mastectomy highlights dilemma
By New York Times | May 15, 2013
Actress Angelina Jolie has focused public attention on breast cancer by announcing that because she carries a cancer-causing mutation, she has had a double mastectomy.
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Pushing for payment | Doctors group aims to get payers to cover lung cancer screenings
By Jaimy Lee | May 11, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Some hospitals have been using low-dose CT scans in recent years to screen patients at high risk for lung cancer even though most payers, including the CMS, still don't reimburse for the tests.
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Retail clinics at tipping point | Pharmacies, chains answering demand for access and affordability
By Andis Robeznieks | May 04, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Before the H1N1 pandemic of 2009, almost no pharmacists administered flu vaccines. But last year, pharmacists working for Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen Co. administered 5.5 million flu shots among the 9 million vaccines they delivered.
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Healthcare leaders expect big shift toward outpatient care | Largest expenditures expected to go toward healthcare IT and telecommunications.
By Rachel Landen | April 29, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
As the care delivery models of hospitals and health systems evolve, healthcare executives and managers predict a major shift in admissions from inpatient to outpatient settings.
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Surgery, therapy both prove good for knee repair
By Associated Press via Yahoo | March 19, 2013
You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare these treatments concludes.
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Missing the target? | Personalized medicine advances, but questions remain on outcomes, cost
By Jaimy Lee | March 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Both providers and payers have been saying for years that personalized medicine will radically alter the way that cancer patients receive care.
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Hospitals reject new Part B rebilling rule
By Joe Carlson | March 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A sweeping new CMS rule to address hospitals' complaints that they have been denied hundreds of millions of dollars will not lead the American Hospital Association to drop its lawsuit over the issue.
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Study ties employer wellness initiatives to steep drop in hospital stays
By Melanie Evans | March 04, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A large Missouri employer saw a sharp drop in workers' hospital visits after insisting employees in its most popular, generous health plan enroll in wellness initiatives.
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Scientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured
By Associated Press | March 04, 2013
A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child who is now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year.
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