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Md. submits plan to update all-payer health system
By Associated Press | October 12, 2013
Maryland has submitted a plan to the federal government to modernize the state's all-payer rate setting system for hospital services, Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Friday.
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Part of the solution | Physicians can and want to improve quality, lower cost of healthcare
October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
A recent survey of some 2,500 doctors conducted by Dr. Jon Tilburt at the Mayo Clinic and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association was full of good news for those of us who believe that, as physicians, we have a big role to play in controlling healthcare costs. It reveals...
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Zeroing in on best procurement practices | Supply chain execs discuss strategies for savings on physician-preference items
By Modern Healthcare | October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Modern Healthcare's editorial webinar“Cost Saving in Device Procurement: Innovative Strategies on Physician Preference Items” explored...
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Money-losing system says 'no' to accountable care—for now
By Merrill Goozner | October 11, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Earlier this year, Allegiance Health in Jackson County, Mich., began investigating whether to join Medicare's shared-savings program after seeing it was losing patients to neighboring counties.
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Moody's warns exchanges could carry more short-term risk than benefit
By Beth Kutscher | October 11, 2013
A credit analyst for not-for-profit healthcare providers is cautioning that the new state health insurance exchanges may introduce more short-term risk than benefit.
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Webinar roundtable discussion: How will technology drive and impact care across a continuum? | Now Available On-Demand - Part 1
October 10, 2013
In the healthcare environment of the future, quality outcomes and population management, both of which will be tied to reimbursement, will be key issues for healthcare executives to stay on top of. Technology used to harness, interpret, coordinate and optimize data created by patients' different...
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Digital Technology Impacting Healthcare | A three-part webinar series
October 10, 2013
Digital Technology Impacting Healthcare is a Modern Healthcare three-part webinar series sponsored by the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA).
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Surgical supply company sues HHS after alert on physician-owned distributorships
By Joe Carlson | October 10, 2013
A government fraud alert last spring warning of the “inherently suspect” nature of physician-owned surgical supply companies led to swift drop-off in business. Now one firm is suing HHS.
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Reform Update: Hospitals slash labor costs to make up for lost Medicare revenue
By Melanie Evans | October 09, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Hospitals spend less on operations—largely by squeezing labor costs—to make up for lost revenue when Medicare cuts hospital prices, according to a new study.
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QuadMed to acquire Novia CareClinics
By Rachel Landen | October 09, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Workplace clinic operator QuadMed announced on Oct. 9 that it will acquire Novia CareClinics within the next 30 days.
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