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The AMA has issued a strong criticism of the proposed 2014 Medicare physician-fee schedule, and also fired back against attacks on its Medicare physician payment advisory panel.
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When voters OK'd a ballot measure intended to limit what El Camino Hospital could pay its executives and managers, the hospital's board worried about the implications for hiring.
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In the more than a dozen years that Clem Wilkes Jr. has served as a director of Mountain States Health Alliance, the compensation arrangement with the hospital system's chief executive has undergone plenty of changes.
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With the complicated state health insurance exchanges going live in October, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner has a lot to think about at the end of the day.
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Ed Lovern is the new COO of Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Lovern, 49, has been with the Piedmont Healthcare system since 2002, most recently as executive VP and chief administrative officer for the system. Lovern is replacing Dr. William Knopf as COO. The appointment was effective July...
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The American Hospital Association wrote to Modern Healthcare last week, “Leapfrog tool 'seriously flawed', unhappy with Leapfrog Group's calculator that helps purchasers identify the millions of dollars in...
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An investment advisory firm has dealt a blow to Health Management Associates in recommending that shareholders vote to replace its current board of directors with eight new members.
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I just lost a former mentor who had a profound impact on how I envision and implement healthcare information technology. Achilles Demetriou did that by teaching me to think like a CEO.
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The Scripps Translational Science Institute in San Diego has launched a six-month “Wired for Health” study to evaluate the effectiveness of using mobile health devices to reduce healthcare costs.
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More than 40% of employers offering healthcare coverage to Medicare-eligible retirees have decided to change how they provide coverage, according to a new survey.
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