November 16, 2009 Cover Story: This is a test / In or out | The Week in Healthcare: Between the lines / The House's SGR dilemma / Wellness incentives under fire / A heavy footprint / Labor's lead / Not so fast | Late News: Late News: 98,000 hospitalized, 3,900 dead so far in U.S. from H1N1 virus / Late News: Red Cross says blood supply problems have dropped 56% / Late News: Mark Leavitt set to retire as chairman of CCHIT ... / Late News: ... and Pardes says goodbye to New York-Presbyterian in 2011 / Late News: PQRI gave docs $92 million in incentives during 2008 / Late News: Geographic spending variations not... ... FULL STORY
November 09, 2009 Cover Story: What's the game plan? | The Week in Healthcare: Anticipation / Drug discount out / As CIT reorganizes ... / McAllen chronicles continue / Uncomped care costs up in '09 / Can it work? / Building blocks / RehabCare to merge with Triumph / When sorry is enough | Late News: Late News: 34% of adults able to get H1N1 vaccine for kids: study / Late News: Bradford Regional, Olean enter joint operating agreement / Late News: HMA agrees to acquire Sparks Health by Nov. 30 / Late News: SEC charges Merge with inflating earnings / Late News: TPG Capital, CPP reach deal to buy IMS Health |... ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 Cover Story: Changing course | The Week in Healthcare: House vote imminent ... / Devicemakers smell victory / The emergency's here ... / The cost of H1N1 / Network, privacy revisited / Privacy, please / Difficult trading / Labor tension / Cuomo combs FAIR grounds / Mergers ahead / Tooker stepping down | Late News: Late News: Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuit against UPMC / Late News: Stryker unit, execs indicted in fraudulent marketing case / Late News: Senate votes in Benjamin as new surgeon general / Late News: Obama signs bill to boost isotope supply / Late News: CHW halves debt deal as... ... FULL STORY
October 26, 2009 Cover Story: A shot in the arm | The Week in Healthcare: About those Medicare rates ... / Still an option / Dems target insurer antitrust ... / Genetic flaws / Electric short? / Stalled engines / No dillydallying: Barton / Pricewaterhouse flap fallout / Let's make a debt deal / Reform may worsen shortage / Tallahassee tumult / Medical liability claims rise | Late News: Late News: CMS issues guides on insurer-beneficiary contact / Late News: Brigham and Women's taps Nabel as next president / Late News: Merck & Co. releases physician speaker fees / Late News: HealthSouth CFO leaving to take job... ... FULL STORY
October 19, 2009 Cover Story: Back into the pool | The Week in Healthcare: Fix is in—they hope / Push, pull / Fighting back / Triple play / AHA layoffs continue / Kolodner joins Open Health Tools / Reform (and a side of baseball) / Match game / Seismic mandate deadline near / Exempla feud resolved | Late News: Late News: Dubin out at Jackson in Miami / Late News: UPMC plans to close hospital in Braddock, losses cited / Late News: Senate panel OKs bill banning payments to block generics / Late News: Sensor exits Alegent in Omaha following no-confidence votes / Late News: H1N1 vaccine production could... ... FULL STORY
October 12, 2009 Cover Story: Making them pay | The Week in Healthcare: A loss for hospitals? / Sibling rivalry / Here a lawsuit, there a lawsuit / Capital gains / Wilensky joins BrainScope's board / Patient safety, IT center stage | Late News: Late News: H1N1 activity spikes: CDC / Late News: Brookdale to buy 21 Sunrise communities / Late News: CMS: boost drug, Advantage performance through standards / Late News: UnitedHealth Group cited for violations in Texas, Colo. / Late News: Vt. tops performance list; Miss. finishes last: study ... FULL STORY
October 05, 2009 Cover Story: Sinking fast | The Week in Healthcare: On the eighth day ... / ‘Cadillac' feedback / Kyphoplasty cacophony / Triple whammy / Hospitalists score / Healthcare has that IT factor / Judge denies nurse class-action status | Late News: Late News: Rep. Burgess proposes bill ending SGR Medicare formula / Late News: Judge rules against Wash. hospitals in DSH payment lawsuit / Late News: Accretive Health prepares to launch IPO on NYSE / Late News: Healthcare workforce grows by 19,200 jobs in September / Late News: TriStar won't challenge court decision to overturn CON ... FULL STORY
September 28, 2009 Cover Story: Messy problem | The Week in Healthcare: Medicare melee / The numbers game / Rethinking the rules / Dell's HIT power play / Meaningful marketing / Tenet's debt strategy / Recession halts retiring docs | Late News: Late News: House approves measure to stop Part B increases / Late News: St. Francis resumes building $265 million inpatient tower / In case of emergency ... ... FULL STORY
September 21, 2009 Cover Story: Crunch time / Adding it all up | The Week in Healthcare: Safety first / Whistle-blower tactic / Shifts at CHI / Building in China | Late News: Late News: Ascension Health taps Erickson as investment officer / Late News: H1N1 vaccine might only need one dose: officials / Late News: Barton asks GAO to look into NIH stimulus funds / Late News: Harkin to fill Kennedy's role as health panel chair / Late News: IHS awards $90.5 million contract to replace Alaska facility / Late News: Abbott agrees to buy Evalve in $410 million deal / Late News: EPA sets tougher standards for hospital... ... FULL STORY
September 14, 2009 Cover Story: Crunch time / Adding it all up | The Week in Healthcare: Safety first / Whistle-blower tactic / Shifts at CHI / Building in China | Late News: Late News: Ascension Health taps Erickson as investment officer / Late News: H1N1 vaccine might only need one dose: officials / Late News: Barton asks GAO to look into NIH stimulus funds / Late News: Harkin to fill Kennedy's role as health panel chair / Late News: IHS awards $90.5 million contract to replace Alaska facility / Late News: Abbott agrees to buy Evalve in $410 million deal | Special Feature: 2009 Up & Comers ... FULL STORY
September 07, 2009 Cover Story: From tragedy to advocacy | The Week in Healthcare: A POTUS proposal / Uncompensated unrest / Forging a new system / Mont. hears suicide case / Suppliers shuffle, deal ... FULL STORY
August 31, 2009 Cover Story: Shake, don't rattle, roles | The Week in Healthcare: Working with, not against, physicians / They know it when they see it / Polly exits AAOS board / The Golden State bridge? / Borrowing boon / Portfolios grow fatter ... / What's in our wallet? / First line of defense / States press on / A ‘Lion'-sized loss / FAH: Ignore quality targets ... FULL STORY
August 24, 2009 Duke among first systems to win federal liquidity guarantee / Rockefeller seeks insurer data on how premium income spent / Baucus reports Finance panel making progress on reform bill / Community Health Network names two new presidents / HHS issues interim final rule on privacy breach notifications / Top of the Hill / The co-op compromise? / Biden makes his case / Demo derby / Beefing up swine flu info / AHA nets $22.3 million profit / Calif. fraud inquiry continues / SCHIP crunched / Exempla finds faith / Dakota deal / Presidential poll / Grow better carrots / 100 Most Powerful... ... FULL STORY
August 17, 2009 The urge to merge / Critical juncture in Kansas / Economy continues taking toll / Senate seeking data on GPOs / FDA changes afoot? / Taking the public route .... / Now, it's personal / An alliance of one? / Cancer-care boom in Phoenix / Irondale files suit against Community Health / Bane of Fishbein's legacy / Challenges beget opportunities / Know your scores / Cash is king / Largest medical schools / For exchange students / Fewer than half of providers vaccinated against the flu / Budget cuts force Calif. Healthy Families to disenroll children / Greene is new CEO at Healthcare... ... FULL STORY
August 10, 2009 August showdown / Another cut reprieve / All good quality intentions ... / An $18 billion problem / DME bidding set for October / New sheriff in town / HHS gets techie / Freezer burn / Huron hit hard: analysts / Billing concerns / There's no need to shout / Beyond 'meaningful use' / A systematic approach / 100 Top Hospitals: Health Systems Quality/Efficiency Study / Increasing cloudiness / Largest hospitals / Senate confirms Collins as next director of NIH / Report: Medicaid fraud units extracted $1.3 billion in '08 / Vollmer out at HMA; departure ‘totally unexpected' /... ... FULL STORY
August 03, 2009 The big pay (scale) back / Talked to death / A cut in pay / ‘Out of the perquisite business' / Waiting for word / Issues of conflict resolution / Tipping the scales / CDC panel sets H1N1 priorities / and More ... FULL STORY
July 27, 2009 Adventures in reimbursement / Still packing their bags / Let's get rational / Carilion's new pay way / Taking a break / In a holding pattern / Coalition: Not so fast ... / ... as AMA defends bill backing / and More ... FULL STORY
July 20, 2009 Rethinking nursing / Trump card / Cracks in House's foundation / Getting ready / Still in distress / CIT on the brink / Enormous push for e-Rx / Isotope-related bill ready for vote / Reading into readmissions / Tourism trap? / They're back / Benjamin nod widely praised / From the front lines / Intensive labor / Start at the end / Making the top-tech list / How will it end? / Largest children's hospitals / 21 get new roles at ProMedica / Health IT committee approves ‘meaningful use' revisions / White House explores making MedPAC exec branch agency / AHIMA chief Kloss says... ... FULL STORY
July 13, 2009 Life after near death / Not everyone's onboard / Out in the cold / Reform bill no summer picnic / HUD loosens debt grip / An odd couple rerun? / 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare / Feeling the pain / Data trackers / Some highly wired acts / Mission interoperable / A goal 17 years in the making / Lessons from Kaiser's EHR / Guidance computers / Rewriting the rules / Getting docs onboard / Designer and user / On track in Orlando / The exodus continues / CMS adds readmission rates to performance measures / Catholic Healthcare unit agrees to buy Jewish Hospital /... ... FULL STORY
July 06, 2009 States' fights / Three down / Decisive moment / Not playing with not-for-profits / Ryan plans SSM transition / Focus on fraud / Time and money / Data-miners vow to fight bans / International intrigue / Sebelius takes team approach / R.I. looks to right wrongs / Made in the USA / Island parity / Making the parts fit / Robo-school / Pension tension / Not an issue for most chains / States with the most health information exchanges / HELP committee aims to finish health reform bill by mid-July / CMS proposes to revamp Medicare drug payment rules / Memorial Health completes sale of... ... FULL STORY
June 29, 2009 A retiring bunch / Fiscal breakthrough... / ...but little other progress / Insurers feel heat again / Challenging China / Regulating returns / Upward trend / Making a break / Public enemy No. 1 / IT Case Study Contest / Some IT insight / Connected in the country / Through the wire / It takes an EHR to create a village / Consolidated, without waste / Highlighting devices / Universal with a twist / Trust issues / Largest healthcare fraud settlements / Major medical groups urge need for effectiveness research / Potomac Hospital agrees to join Sentara Healthcare / Lovell named... ... FULL STORY
June 22, 2009 Under the gun / Arguing over money / AMA's moment / Emphasizing payment / Catholic labor's guiding light? / Improve or lose / Being held accountable / Hackensack change coming / Isotope on the ropes / Out of the debate / Dueling views / Dealing with personnel issues / Tough times could get tougher / Cat's still in the bag / Marginal improvement / Retail rumble / Walking on Golden eggshells / Flu precautions not always followed by sick workers: CDC / FTC gives antitrust clearance to two East Coast hospital deals / Health net to stop using Ingenix data to set out-of-network rates... ... FULL STORY
June 15, 2009 The moral is the story / Medicare savings ID’d / Einstein ends affiliation with Jefferson / Dem leaders hash out reform / Some wary of RAC's cousin / Charitable definitions / Borrowing bounces back / Maine revamps funding formula / More than an ounce of prevention / Reform imperatives / Policy distinctions / Making a comeback / New tourist attractions / Largest healthcare financing companies / Leaders say status quo for CDC despite pandemic announcement / Former CMS official Valuck joins NQF as senior vice president / Senate committee holds hearing on American Indian health /... ... FULL STORY
June 08, 2009 Promises and threats / Small change, big savings? / One has state-federal issues... / ...for another it's transparency / Left out of the discussion / Land of the lost / LTACs to pay for CMS' error / More exclusive Community / Healthcare stalling in Motor City / AMGA's profits down / Minnesota showdown / A storm in Southern California / UAB cutting 245 jobs / Doing the right thing / Short-term 'bug' rampant / Into the red / Annual survey of hospital systems / On the same wavelength / Bills seeks to elevate MedPAC to executive branch agency / CMS urged to alter outpatient... ... FULL STORY
June 01, 2009 Land of opportunity / CBO: Not a federal expenditure / The audits are in the mail / Shop talk / Nuclear bombshell / Do med centers and devices mix? / Manufacturing demand / Lack of discipline / Down, but not out / Where are the retail clinics? / Calif. may lose SCHIP / Trinity Health's ch-ch-changes / Bill of wrongs / Purchasers beware / A flood's lessons / What's next for managed care? / Adding some sweetener / Largest health insurers / Medical organizations call for repeal of SGR formula / Tenet part of joint venture offering IT services to providers / Kettering takes 50%... ... FULL STORY
May 25, 2009 Does it compute? / As Democrats talk reform / Taxation with designations / Feds targeting billing fraud / Something borrowed / FAH 990 shows $250,000 loss / Reduce more errors: experts / Time of transition / Kuhn taking over in Mo. / Reform, not status quo / Quality, liability, aftercare / Doing more with more? / Workforce Report 2009 / Still marching along / Health systems with largest number of full-time employees / IOM’s advice would cost teaching hospitals extra $1.6 billion: study / Washington woman becomes first to end life under new law / Marc Miller named president of... ... FULL STORY
May 18, 2009 Manning the battle stations / More fuel for reform / Nursing shortage eases... / Recession hits insurers coffers... / Adding up the costs / New gender agenda / A new device directive in the works? / Group purchasing survey in progress / Is this a game of red light, green light? / Sun, moon, stars aligning / A clearer divide / Empowered to improve / Feeling COBRA's bite / Thomas Frieden lauded as pick to head CDC / North Broward’s unlicensed general counsel forced out / Kaiser hospital fined $250,000 in octuplet mom privacy breach / Schwarzenegger seeks more cuts in Calif. health... ... FULL STORY
May 11, 2009 Sins of the father / CMS hanging tight at 11 / Healthcare OK in budget cuts / Waiting for reform / Senate OKs three top execs / Sebelius talks infections... / Three flee fee-for-service Medicare / Still monitoring swine flu situation / Federal judge gives Brookdale green light / Investigation alters Md. C-suite / Northwestern probe ongoing / Fraud investigation scraps deal / From the top down / Help us help ourselves / The 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare, 2009 / Safe and secure? / Largest national healthcare associations / CBO: Replacing doc payment formula... ... FULL STORY
May 04, 2009 You’re not in Kansas anymore / Monitoring temps / Under the influence? / Not-for-profits in no hurry... / Hospitals' borrowing harder / Supplement wins Lisagor / An energetic bunch / AHA tracking RAC input / Medical home blueprint / Make your Up & Comers nominations / MH announces IT Case Study Contest / Were we truly prepared? / Preparation will pay off / Seal of approval / Critical access to IT / Private vs. public / Most profitable critical-access hospitals / Medicare Advantage plans will receive $11.4 billion extra: report / CMS wants Medicare rates for acute-care to stay same in ’10 /... ... FULL STORY
April 27, 2009 Eye of the beholder / Specialty hospitals OK: study / Air ambulance debate heats up / Antitrust antagonists / Mystery raid / Brookdale brooks setback / Nurses come on board / Full disclousure a full-time job / Colo. expands Medicaid / Blues fight back / Cost conscious / Uniquely American solution / Change the microenvironment / Whaddya know, wishes do come true / Some hefty paydays / Association Executive Compensation / Pros and CONs / Top business graduate schools for physician-executives / Olympic battle brewing over hospital demolition / Laughing it off? / In the wake of Blago ... /... ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 Doing their part for reform / The Top 25 Women in Healthcare / Red flags raised / Not much progress / EHR pilot program nixed / Breach umbrella / 'Harder than ever' / HCA scores on bond market / A clearer guide / Settling up / New antitrust chief / Watching the money / Generic boost / Banner moves / Leading ladies / Help us help them / How to insource / Undercovered exposed / Mercy movement / State medical boards took more disciplinary actions in 2008 / Research guidelines outline which stem cells can be used / Childress named reform adviser to Senate health committee / HHS offers guidance on... ... FULL STORY
April 13, 2009 Fee-for-service punching bag / Newfound popularity / Take the money and ... / A buyer's market? / Going with the flow / Added liability / Gang-related activity / Turnover stable / Lord exiting Humana / Medical home inspection / Sharing in caring / Open door for open source? / The right environment / Voluntary isn't working / A different nursing shortage / Lessons in quality, safety / Largest nursing schools / Officials hail Obama EHR plan / Sebelius provides lawmakers with details on back taxes / Urciuoli gets three-year sentence for conspiracy, fraud / And now for a musical interlude from... ... FULL STORY
April 06, 2009 Pandemic peril / Sebelius on hold / Doc groups griping over ICD-10 / Busted for snooping / Vanderbilt exec's legacy looms / Pure's exit surprises industry / Time for some remedies / Some pieces already in place / Beyond the turning point / Let the spending begin / ...but it might be a slow start / Health 2.0 on the back burner / The next big things / Paying by the bundle / Largest master's programs in health administration / Hospitals post decline in jobs for first time since '04 / Faulkner, Tang among members named to IT policy committee / Hospital capacity fell from 1996 to 2006, but still... ... FULL STORY
March 30, 2009 Healthy choices / Council to coordinate research, guide investments / $600 billion question / Still low tech / MACPAC spat / Labor takes a hit / Labor comes on strong / Vie for Best Places to Work award / The great buyback / HHS: Don't call on self-referrals / New life for ASCs / Coverage options / Time to collaborate / Tricky, but worthwhile / A repeat performance / Thomson Reuters' 100 Top Hospitals / Upon closer inspection / Stop the bleeding? / Largest behavioral health providers / Poulsen, Parrett draw hefty sentences in NCFE case / Koh named to be assistant secretary for health /... ... FULL STORY
March 23, 2009 In exchange for coverage / Can't we all just get along? / Importing care / Blumenthal gets nod / Safety in numbers / Pension pain / 2009 Healthcare Hall of Fame / The bucked the trend / On a mission / Brand of brothers / From the gridiron to the C-suite / Conscientious objectors / Deals on ice / GE Capital takes a hit / Poulsen, Parrett on deck / The 'anomaly'? / Why the young are getting restless / Commit to continuous learning / Launching satellites / 30 largest healthcare executive search firms / Putting a fairy tale spin on children’s healthcare / Out of reach / Don't Google it! / HHS... ... FULL STORY
March 16, 2009 Crossing the line? / Their piece of the pie / Culturally aware / Could be in a bind / Round one: SEIU / Broken ground / Thumbs down on this one / More access isn't enough / Bag the old excuses / The pressure builds / Nation healthcare spending by industry / Alternate avenues to access / HHS establishes Recovery Act office for stimulus spending / GAO: Coding errors, fraud, abuse cause Medicare payment probs / Mass. regs crack down on drug, medical-device firms’ gifting / Wait over: It's DeVore / Beyond Dr. Phil: Oprah's talking patient safety now / Here a Tweet, there a Tweet … / Lights!... ... FULL STORY
March 09, 2009 A Slow Ascent / Separating the Unequal / Endowing future leaders / Popular choices / Still waiting for details / Payment plan / Pharma industry's bitter pill... / Protecting assets / Miller a nonissue, execs say / Leading performers / Overseas projects hit / Proposed cuts rile home health / Big MAC attack in Calif. / Smells like team spirit / Field or lab, risks the same / Power plays / Operating efficiently / Healthcare job numbers growing as they plummet in other sectors / After three foiled deals, buyer found for Anaheim Memorial / Clarian, Bloomington move closer to deal uniting them /... ... FULL STORY
March 02, 2009 Raising the bar for boards / Something for everyone? / Adjusting budgets / Private practice / 'Safety net is struggling' / ER assistance required / Spurned in Texas / Enrollment explosion / Boosting nursing profile / Grappling with suicide / Partners taps Gottlieb / Traumatic experience / No alms for ACEP / A long road to reform / It can be done / Profit or loss? / Seeking alternatives / Largest for-profit hospitcal chains / Hey, that’s not an ad! It’s just a YouTube video / Does this mean UPMC is getting a reality show? / A tuition break to laid-off workers / Iowa hospitals, lawmakers butt... ... FULL STORY
February 23, 2009 A stimulating conversation / Governors' alternative energy / IT's the money / Unclear marching orders / Comparison analysis / Back in gear / Nipping infections in bud / A Bronx tale: Search for funds / Still lobbying / Recession's sting revealed in '08 / Calif. prison showdown / Watching Medicaid in R.I. / Quiet period / Toward a more effective system / Agree to disagree / More to do, less to do it with / The personal touch / Staying focused on the future / A passion for quality, patient safety / Seeking best practices in the boardroom / Decades of dedication / Largest U.S. military hospitals... ... FULL STORY
February 16, 2009 On the hot seat; Christmas in February?; Tech specs; RAC is back; Data debate; First but not last?; HCA, Tenet set bond priorities; AMA goes on offensive; CEO IT Achievement Awards; Honoring IT-savvy CEOs; No excuses here; The time is now; A head start in technology; Going big in Virginia; From coal fields to tech champion; Lessons in entitlement spending; Seriously overdue; Aetna's net income drops 57%; enrollment, revenue up in '08; Health advocacy groups initiate $10 million reform ad campaign; Health Net, two subsidiaries settle lawsuits for $6.3 million; Tenet revenue-cycle unit plans to... ... FULL STORY
