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HMA shareholders vote to elect new board
By Beth Kutscher | August 12, 2013
| Basic Web
Shareholders of Health Management Associates have voted to elect eight new directors to the chain's board, activist investor Glenview Capital Management said.
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Medtronic buys telehealth provider Cardiocom
By Joseph Conn | August 12, 2013
| Basic Web
Medical-device maker Medtronic, Minneapolis, is making a push into the world of pure-play health information technology with the acquisition of telehealth and patient remote-monitoring services provider Cardiocom, a privately held firm based in Chanhassen, Minn.
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Delta states get $5.4M in grants to target chronic disease
By Steven Ross Johnson | August 12, 2013
| Basic Web
A dozen providers in a low-income part of the country will receive $5.4 million in federal funding to address a number of chronic conditions that affect residents there at a more frequent rate compared with the rest of the country.
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Calif. seeks culturally sensitive healthcare workers
By Sacramento (Calif.) Bee | August 12, 2013
In California, with its many underserved ethnic populations, the need for a multicultural health care workforce will be particularly great, as uninsured people sign up for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, experts say.
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Whistle-blowers push to apply Stark law to Medicaid
By Joe Carlson | August 12, 2013
For 20 years, the CMS has not applied the federal ban on physician conflicts of interest known as the Stark law to Medicaid claims. It's focused on Medicare only. But private whistle-blowers have begun pressing for clarity on the issue because a 1993 law applying Stark to Medicaid remains on the...
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OxyContin maker closely guards its list of suspect docs
By Los Angeles Times | August 12, 2013
Over the last decade, the maker of the potent painkiller OxyContin has compiled a database of hundreds of doctors suspected of recklessly prescribing its pills to addicts and drug dealers, but has done little to alert law enforcement or medical authorities.
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CMS offers smartphone apps to track payments
By Rachel Landen | August 12, 2013
| Basic Web
With the Aug. 1 implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, the CMS has launched two mobile smartphone applications to help physicians, drug and medical-device manufacturers, and group purchasing organizations track payments and other transfers of value.
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WebMD names new CEO, president
By Rachel Landen | August 12, 2013
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WebMD Health Corp., which provides health information through online portals, mobile platforms and publications, has appointed David Schlanger CEO and Dr. Steven Zatz president, effective Aug. 11.
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Survey reveals short supply of cybersecurity professionals
By Joseph Conn | August 09, 2013
| Basic Web
A shortage of information technology workers is a big concern in the healthcare industry. So it's no surprise that the professionals trained and capable of providing security for that digital information are also in short supply.
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Merge CEO resigns over 'disappointing' sales
By Joseph Conn | August 09, 2013
| Basic Web
Jeffrey Surges has resigned as the CEO and as a member of the board of directors of Merge Healthcare, following the release of what the Chicago-based radiology systems software company called “disappointing” second-quarter financial results.
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Hospitals are sued for not sending bills to insurers
By Kansas City (Mo.) Star | August 09, 2013
Jonathon Layden was once confident that if he were ever injured, he could count on his health insurance to help pay his medical bills. But after he was patched up following an auto accident in 2011, Research Medical Center didn't submit his bill to his Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance.
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In Obamacare rate debate, price gets political
By Reuters | August 09, 2013
With the Oct. 1 date for enrollment in the health insurance exchanges being created by Obamacare less than two months away, a war of numbers has been escalating. Health insurance will cost way less. Or it will cost way more. It depends who you ask.
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Private insurance realities hit Congress personally
By Harris Meyer
| August 09, 2013
The New York Times ran a quietly subversive news story Wednesday about how members of Congress and their aides will receive health coverage under the Office of Personnel Management's new proposed rule interpreting a controversial Obamacare provision.
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