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By Jessica Zigmond
November 20, 2009
Although average flu activity in the U.S. has declined slightly in the past week, the level of flu activity remains higher than normal for this time of year, said a top official for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. ... FULL STORY
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November 20, 2009
The government, the media and insurance companies keep telling hospitals and doctors that they over-order and over-prescribe, and that is one big factor in the ever-upward march of healthcare costs. So, an independent body comes out with evidence that says mammogram screening in those under 40 has... ... FULL STORY
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By Matthew DoBias
November 20, 2009
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), a moderate Democrat who has been critical of how his party has handled health reform efforts, said that he would vote to advance a bill during a crucial weekend test vote. ... FULL STORY
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By Shawn Rhea
November 20, 2009
For the second time this week, a group of medical experts is recommending a reduction in the frequency of health screenings for women. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued new cervical-cancer screening guidelines advising women to wait until they are 21 to have their first... ... FULL STORY
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By Joseph Conn
November 20, 2009
Claims that health information technology will help the hospital industry cut costs are unsupported by facts, at least based on how computers have been used thus far, according to new research. ... FULL STORY
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November 20, 2009
Iasis Healthcare, Franklin, Tenn., plans to provide an online Web simulcast of its fiscal fourth-quarter and year-end 2009 conference call at 11 a.m. ET Tuesday, Nov. 24. ... FULL STORY
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By Rebecca Vesely
November 20, 2009
A plan to reopen a South Los Angeles hospital took a step forward as the University of California regents voted unanimously to partner with Los Angeles County to run the facility. ... FULL STORY
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By Andis Robeznieks
November 20, 2009
Fifty-six medical organizations have signed onto a letter protesting a new CMS policy that, starting Jan. 4, 2010, it will not pay claims for services when the referring physician is not in its enrollment database. ... FULL STORY
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By Joe Carlson
November 19, 2009
A federal judge has declined to prevent HCA from implementing a flu-vaccine policy in five hospitals in Northern California despite anecdotal evidence presented by a workers' union that the policy was exposing workers to negative public attention. ... FULL STORY
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By Gregg Blesch
November 19, 2009
The U.S. Justice Department tallied $1.6 billion in False Claims Act settlements and judgments involving healthcare in fiscal 2009, accounting for two-thirds of the government's total haul of $2.4 billion last year under the fraud-fighting statute. ... FULL STORY
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By the Associated Press
November 19, 2009
The former chairman of McKesson Corp. and former CEO of HBO & Co., Charles McCall, has been convicted of securities fraud after a retrial of a $9 billion accounting scandal case dating back a decade. ... FULL STORY
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By Shawn Rhea
November 19, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration has issued 22 warning letters to operators of international Internet pharmacies for the sale of misbranded or unapproved drugs to U.S. consumers, according to a news release. ... FULL STORY
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By Rebecca Vesely
November 19, 2009
Aetna is eliminating 625 jobs immediately and expects to lay off a similar number of workers in early 2010, the Hartford, Conn.-based insurer announced. ... FULL STORY
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By Jean DerGurahian
November 19, 2009
Competition from ambulatory surgery centers is increasing the pressure on safety net hospitals and healthcare costs in Pennsylvania, according to the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. ... FULL STORY
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November 19, 2009
The Alliance for Health Reform plans to hold a briefing on Affordability and Health Reform: If We Mandate, Will They (And Can They) Pay? at 12:15 p.m. ET Friday, Nov. 20, in the Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Participants include Sara Collins and Rachel Nuzum of the Commonwealth Fund;... ... FULL STORY
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November 19, 2009
Medicare has been around since President Lyndon B. Johnson was in office. Why are the systems and processes not in place to prevent this magnitude of error/fraud for the benefit of the taxpayer? ... FULL STORY
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By Matthew DoBias
November 19, 2009
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) raised the curtain on a 10-year $849 billion health overhaul package that melds components of two separate Senate bills that collectively have driven a wedge between Democratic and Republican lawmakers. Emerging from a Democrats-only briefing, Reid called... ... FULL STORY
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November 19, 2009
I am grateful for the hope that more Americans have healthcare coverage. It is my hope that there is a focus on preventive care ... FULL STORY
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By Associated Press
November 19, 2009
Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll. Yet Democrats are reluctant to press forward on an issue that would upset a valuable political constituency—trial lawyers—even if President Barack Obama... ... FULL STORY
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By Hartford (Conn.) Courant
November 19, 2009
In a tight election, faculty members at the University of Connecticut Health Center have voted to form a union. The pro-union side won by a two-vote margin—223 to 221. Eighty-six percent of the 519 eligible faculty members voted in the two-day election. ... FULL STORY
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November 18, 2009
While the $98 billion in government waste is outrageous, steps are being taken to address it, finally. The same budget office indicated that most of the waste was in Medicare/Medicaid and was the... ... FULL STORY
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By Melanie Evans
November 18, 2009
Consumer prices for hospital services climbed 0.3% in October compared with the prior month's 0.7% growth, the seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. Last month's more modest gain is comparable to the 0.4% bump in October 2008. For the 12-month... ... FULL STORY
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By Rebecca Vesely
November 18, 2009
Employers' health benefit costs rose by 5.5% this year, the lowest increase in a decade, according to an annual survey by Mercer, a consulting group. The average per-employee cost of health benefits reached $8,945 in 2009, after four years of increases of just over 6%. Benefit costs continued to... ... FULL STORY
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By Rebecca Vesely
November 18, 2009
The Government Accountability Office identified six flaws in how the Defense Department awarded a lucrative military health benefits contract to Aetna over Health Net, according to released GAO report. ... FULL STORY
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By Vince Galloro
November 18, 2009
HCA, Nashville, said it has hired Joseph Sowell as chief development officer and senior vice president. Sowell, 53, is a senior partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, a Nashville law firm with connections to several of the investor-owned hospital companies based in the area. ... FULL STORY
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By Jennifer Lubell
November 18, 2009
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) appears confident that the chamber will approve legislation to revise Medicare's physician payment formula this week. ... FULL STORY
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By Jean DerGurahian
November 18, 2009
Hospitals in Canada did not see significant improvements on their cardiac-care processes through the use of publicly reported data, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical... ... FULL STORY
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By Joe Carlson
November 18, 2009
Trinity Regional Health System, Rock Island, Ill., has appointed Tom Tibbitts interim CEO of the three-hospital system following the immediate departure of President and CEO Andrea Coleman. ... FULL STORY
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By Matthew DoBias
November 18, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden spent most of the morning and early afternoon on Capitol Hill, pressing Democrats to support a sweeping health reform package expected to be officially unveiled Thursday. ... FULL STORY
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By Gregg Blesch
November 18, 2009
Medicare and Medicaid improperly paid out $54.2 billion in fiscal 2009, with the rate of Medicare fee-for-service errors more than doubling over the previous year, White House's budget chief Peter Orszag said. Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said in a conference... ... FULL STORY
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November 18, 2009
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology plans to hold a conference on “Healthcare-Associated Infections: The Changing Legal... ... FULL STORY
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By Joe Carlson
November 18, 2009
By a 214-4 majority, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to strengthen its requirement that Roman Catholic hospitals insert and maintain nutrition and hydration tubes for patients in persistent vegetative states. ... FULL STORY
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By Rebecca Vesely
November 18, 2009
Powerful healthcare leaders in California are urging the University of California Regents to agree to a proposed partnership to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles. ... FULL STORY
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November 18, 2009
This is serious and very difficult business. When it comes to the impact upon the citizens of our great nation, they deserve better than has been currently done by those of us who are or have been in the business. ... FULL STORY
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By Reuters via Yahoo
November 18, 2009
Runny nose, fever, cough, even pneumonia—the symptoms sound like swine flu but children hospitalized at one U.S. hospital in fact had a rhinovirus, better known as a common cold virus, doctors say. Hundreds of children treated at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia had a rhinovirus, and... ... FULL STORY
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By New York Times
November 18, 2009
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to 10 top medical schools to ask what they are doing about professors who put their names on ghostwritten articles in medical journals—and why that practice was any different from plagiarism by students. ... FULL STORY
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By Matthew DoBias
November 17, 2009
Progressive Democrats met with Senate leaders to discuss the size and scope of a public health plan even as a small group of party members continued to steadfastly oppose such a measure. ... FULL STORY
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By Melanie Evans
November 17, 2009
Wholesale prices for hospitals surged 1% in October, on par with sharp increases each October for the past seven years, including the 1.2% jump in 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index. All figures are preliminary. In September, the hospital PPI rose 0.2%. ... FULL STORY
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By Jean DerGurahian
November 17, 2009
Incorrect surgical procedures continue to occur within the Veterans Health Administration, despite the use of interventions such as a “time out” to reduce safety events, according to researchers. ... FULL STORY
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By Rebecca Vesely
November 17, 2009
Smoking continues to be the greatest health challenge of the past two decades while obesity rates continue to rise dramatically, according to a new report. ... FULL STORY
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