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Loan debt could create doctor shortage in W.Va.
By Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail | January 29, 2013
Medical school graduates in West Virginia are graduating with hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans, which could eventually lead to a shortage of physicians in the Mountain State.
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W.Va. Medicaid experiment increased ER visits
By Associated Press | December 24, 2012
A Medicaid redesign by West Virginia that aimed to give recipients individual choices and responsibility had unintended consequences, according to a recent report by George Mason University's Mercatus Center.
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Unsatisfied | SOMC keeps trying to improve
By Modern Healthcare | October 10, 2012
The 227-bed Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth consistently scores in the 90s on patient-satisfaction survey percentiles, including 99th on employee satisfaction, yet the healthcare center is not satisfied with those scores, leaders say.
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W.Va. Legislative committee looks at medical record fees
By (W.Va.) State Journal | September 11, 2012
A bill relating to the reimbursement of medical records fees didn't pass the West Virginia Legislature this year, but one committee is taking a second look at the issue.
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West Virginia health services contracts spur questions
By Associated Press | August 19, 2012
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers say last week's interim study meetings raised several red flags about multimillion-dollar contracts awarded through the Department of Health and Human Resources.
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Liability costs rise for long-term care: report
By Beth Kutscher | July 12, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Long-term-care providers are facing growing medical liability costs that are rising at about 4% annually and expected to keep climbing, according to a report from Aon Global Risk Consulting.
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Transitional woes | Providers, health plans challenging states over reimbursement
By Beth Kutscher | May 12, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As states increasingly turn to managed care to control Medicaid costs, a pair of lawsuits in Kentucky shows the growing pains that can complicate the transition.
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Late News: Highmark launches GPO, supply-chain organization
By Modern Healthcare | May 05, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Highmark, a Pittsburgh insurer seeking to acquire a distressed health system, announced the launch of ProtoCo Supply Chain Partners, a group-purchasing and supply-chain services organization. ProtoCo will aim to squeeze $100 million over five years from West Penn Allegheny's supply expenses, which...
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I'll see you in court | For some hospital CEOs, the end of their employment is anything but amicable
By Joe Carlson | March 17, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The world will never know what went through Robert Hawley's mind when the hospital CEO was arrested for driving while intoxicated along the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in southern Louisiana.
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Medicaid boost | Demo will expand pay for psychiatric hospitals
By Paul Barr | March 17, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Hospital industry executives will be eager to see the results of a Medicaid pilot project launched last week that could lead to expanded Medicaid reimbursement for free-standing psychiatric hospitals.
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