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One-year-old Ka'Lani is so fascinated by a round plastic toy that she doesn't see her mother, Ke'sha Scrivner, walk into the Martha's Table day care, chanting her name while softly clapping out a beat that Ka'Lani keeps with a few bounces on her bottom.
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For hundreds of thousands of primary-care physicians across the country, the era of unreimbursed evaluation-and-management, or E&M, care may finally be coming to an end.
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LSU Health Care Services' chief executive, who also serves as the chief medical officer, is resigning next month.
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Maintaining a happy and healthy workforce of nurses and other staff is becoming more of a priority as hospitals face budget cuts and staff reductions that can alienate tenured workers.
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The University of Chicago has named Dr. Jeffrey Glassroth professor and dean of clinical affairs and head of the faculty practice plan.
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Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain, is teaming up with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association on a national campaign to educate the public about state health insurance exchanges.
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Federal healthcare reform efforts have focused on keeping people out of the hospital and getting them into primary-care offices for preventive care and health management. But some low-income patients strongly prefer going to the hospital for primary care, and they give some good reasons for this.
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Delays in key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last week last week are spawning congressional actions this week.
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Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center has begun its new role as a teaching hospital with 22 new doctors undergoing training at the private hospital as part of its takeover of University Medical Center.
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Two days before Independence Day, the Obama administration launched a firecracker of an announcement: It would delay by a year the employer mandate set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2014.
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