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Both the Obama administration and critics of the controversial Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have repeatedly stressed the importance of state flexibility in implementing various improvements to healthcare financing and access. But many healthcare leaders prefer the opposite approach.
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Dr. James Mongan, a longtime healthcare leader who influenced health policy at the state and federal level, died of cancer May 3. He was 69.Mongan served as president and CEO of Boston-based Partners HealthCare System for six years until his retirement in 2009.
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Accountable care organizations hold much promise, but in reality, success requires strong leadership combined with technical savvy and clear goals, according to several reports released last week. Even then, experts caution, success is not assured.
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The Top 25 Women in Healthcare for 2011, presented in alphabetical order
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Two years ago, Modern Healthcare's list of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare was crowded with Washington policymakers and lobbyists as they sought to recast the industry into a more accessible, accountable and efficient system of care. Today, the list is dominated by leaders outside the...
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Patients may be less concerned about the privacy of their medical information if disseminating that information widely means better care, says Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis.
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Democratic leaders in the last Congress repeatedly urged their wavering colleagues not to “make the perfect the enemy of the good” before close votes on the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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