Hospitals girding for an influx of Medicaid patients in 2014 under the healthcare reform law's Medicaid coverage expansion recently were given some new regulatory tools to deal with the financial fallout. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | June 29, 2013
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Outliers doesn't usually think of the Cleveland Clinic as a pop culture epicenter. But then it was revealed in June that the medical center was being credited with saving the life of rock legend Lou Reed with a liver transplant in May. Now the... FULL STORY »
EMH Healthcare, Elyria, Ohio, has inked a letter of intent to officially explore joining University Hospitals, located about 35 miles east in Cleveland. FULL STORY »
Humana is piloting a new technology in Ohio aimed at improving physician interaction with patients with congestive heart failure. The company is rolling out telehealth to 450 Ohio congestive heart failure patients covered under Humana's Medicare Advantage plan. FULL STORY »
With the reform law casting intense scrutiny on costs and what drives them, the American Hospital Association wants to deflect the notion that hospital consolidation is a significant factor. FULL STORY »
President Barack Obama's speech in California on Friday that 2014 insurance premiums are coming in lower than expected was somewhat undercut by an announcement in Ohio that premiums there are likely to rise significantly due to requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. FULL STORY »
Insurers who plan to participate in the new health insurance exchange are projecting their costs to cover Ohioans to be significantly higher, according to an analysis by the state. FULL STORY »
Pediatricians in central and southeast Ohio practices no longer will have to receive test results and specialist reports by fax from Nationwide Children's Hospital, which on Tuesday became the first in Central Ohio to join the CliniSync statewide electronic records network. FULL STORY »
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