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Legislation would let NPs practice independently from doctors in Nevada
By Las Vegas Sun | March 01, 2013
It's possible Nevada families won't see a doctor when they visit a clinic if a bill in the Legislature passes into law. Instead, a nurse practitioner may be running the show. The bill would remove the requirement that nurse practitioners must work under the supervision of a doctor.
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High court quashes hospitals' hopes of recouping underpayments
By Joe Carlson | January 22, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
In a unanimous, decision the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed hospitals' and health systems' hopes of recouping millions in Medicare underpayments made between 1987 and 1994.
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Warming to the ACA | Harsh critics now look to expand Medicaid rolls
By Melanie Evans | January 19, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Whether millions of Americans get the coverage envisioned in the healthcare reform law will come down to this: whether governors can stomach leaving federal money on the table. Even some of the law's fiercest critics now say they won't.
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Pulled in two directions | Providers pursuing coordinated care confused by antitrust actions
By Joe Carlson | December 15, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The collision of old-world antitrust enforcement and new ideas like accountable care, bundled payments, value-based purchasing and patient-centered medical homes has ratcheted up the uncertainty over healthcare deals.
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Audit finds Nev. prison docs paid for hours not worked
By Las Vegas Sun | December 13, 2012
Doctors hired by Nevada's prison system may have been paid $1.9 million for hours they didn't work, an audit found.
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First-of-its-kind FTC agreement on physician noncompete contracts spurs doc exits
By Joe Carlson | December 05, 2012
Ten cardiologists in the Reno, Nev., area already are taking advantage of a first-of-its-kind settlement between Renown Health and the Federal Trade Commission that allowed the doctors to void their noncompete agreements and go to work for competitors.
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For states, impact of Medicaid expansion would vary: study
By Jessica Zigmond | November 26, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Some states would see savings while others would experience cost increases as a result of the health reform law's provision to expand Medicaid, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Community Leadership Award Honorable Mention: Carole Fisher | Helping their neighbors
By Ed Finkel | November 17, 2012
Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas takes care of its own—and its community.
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Comic doctor hopes to retool healthcare in Las Vegas
By TimesUnion.com (Albany, N.Y.) | November 08, 2012
Dr. Zubin Damania wears funny costumes and makes poop jokes on the Internet. Under the pseudonym ZDoggMD, he uses puns, props and parody to make online videos that simultaneously celebrate and skewer the healthcare industry.
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U.S. physician shortage presaged in Las Vegas
By Bloomberg | October 22, 2012
Mary Berg is paying the price for a shortage of U.S. doctors that by most accounts is about to get much worse.
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