Cover Story: Business conversion / Contraceptive clash | The Week in Healthcare: Mending the pay patch / Taking aim at ACA / Worries abound / ‘Time is of the essence' / Dawdling rebound / Limited potential / Gloomy prospects | Late News: HHS argues for keeping rest of ACA if mandate thrown out
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Cover Story: Firing blanks | The Week in Healthcare: ‘It can't get any worse' / Lifting Medicaid barriers / Some states reluctant / Year-end incentive payout / Scaling back scrutiny / Vermont vision gets clearer / Seeking CEO IT nominees | Late News: Final rule on birth control gives religious employers extra year
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Cover Story: Juggling the lineup | The Week in Healthcare: Seeking CEO IT nominees / Off the radar / Slow growth / Equalizing pay / Good with the bad / Risk from within / New additions to Hall of Fame / Corrections and clarifications | Late News: CMS proposes change to definition of uninsured patients
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Cover Story: Sincerest form of flattery | The Week in Healthcare: And the winners are ... / Streamlined billing / By the numbers / Ascension revamps to grow / In with the new / Ky. deal forms with just two / One for the record books / Fraud prosecutions up 69% / AHA protests move on rules / Now seeking top minority nominations | Late News: Just 14% of adverse events reported: inspector general
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Cover Story: Marriage of convenience | The Week in Healthcare: Thorny patch / Essentially astute ... / Getting prepared / Leading-edge gadgets / Striking out / Hospitals cry foul / Corrections and clarifications | Late News: Late News: Kentucky governor rejects proposed hospital merger / Late News: After opposition, CMS stalls two anti-fraud projects / Late News: Seven more states qualify for CHIP incentives | Regular Feature: On the margins of Medicare | Special Report: 2012 Outlook: It might sound a little familiar
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Cover Story: Out in the open / How we did our research | The Week in Healthcare: Doc fix left hanging / Remaking Medicare / Fighting fatigue / The price of transparency / FTC ponders next move | Late News: HHS will allow states to define benefit packages
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Cover Story: Assertive or antiquated? | The Week in Healthcare: Aetna joins Mich. Blues fray / SGR bandage / Unacceptable losses / Not everything's fixed / Debt dealings / Role reversal / Falling prices / Now seeking top minority nominations | Late News: As part of deal, Highmark to divest Medicare administrator
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Cover Story: Put on notice / Few gains, some slips | The Week in Healthcare: CMS succession plan / Advocate says farewell / Insurance infusion / Lost opportunity? / Pressure point / Imaging transparency / Deadline extended for trustee nominations | Late News: HHS finalizes medical-loss ratio regs, rejects insurer requests
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Cover Story: Cloudy outlook | The Week in Healthcare: Myopic watchdog? / Exceptions to the rule / Hospital merger challenged / Balancing act / Open and shut case / Participate in our IT survey / ‘It's been a historic era' / International partnership | Late News: Marilyn Tavenner to replace Berwick as head of CMS
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Cover Story: Oversight overload | The Week in Healthcare: Rewarding creativity / Clock's ticking / Final judgment / Revolt over IT requirements / Less is more / Participate in our IT survey / Model support | Late News: Late News: FTC challenges Illinois hospital deal | Regular Feature: Humanizing the MCAT | Special Report: Targeting Tricare
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Cover Story: Not so fast | The Week in Healthcare: A swing and a miss / Care clarification / Bundled payment predicament / Hall of fame nominations sought / ACO service industry blooms / West Penn sale detailed / A.M. newsletter arrives Nov. 14 | Late News: Medicare shared savings applications now available
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Cover Story: Recruiting agents of reform | The Week in Healthcare: Moving in the right direction / Tweaks only / Taking aim at shortages / A.M. newsletter arrives Nov. 14 / Looking for a solution / Highmark takes on West Penn / Poor stock performance / Inspecting the inspectors / 'Never regretted' becoming CEO / High-tech hazards | Late News: Healthcare reports little hiring during October
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Cover Story: Getting their appetite back | The Week in Healthcare: Narrowing target for cuts / Premiums rise / 'In the eye of the storm' / PCORI gets down to work / Restraining Medicaid / Poor performance / Dodging an ACO chilling effect / Med school applications peak / Vets targeted for health jobs / A year for change / Trustee nominations sought | Regular Feature: Social-ized medicine | Special Report: Shining examples | Opinion - Webcast: Recipe for success | By the Numbers: Largest skilled-nursing companies
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Cover Story: Changing the rules: New ACO deal boosts cash incentive, vows less oversight | The Week in Healthcare: Breaking the rules / Finding some CLASS / Ailing health system / A to-do list / State of emergency / Woes pile up for critical access | Late News: Sales agreement close for West Penn, Highmark
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Cover Story: Security lapses: Critics urge execs to take safety issues more seriously | The Week in Healthcare: Trade bill hits QIOs / Steady gains in quality ... / Bridging the divide / By the numbers: Improvement in nursing home quality indicators / Full of potential / Corrections and clarifications | Late News: ACO regulations expected by Nov. 1, CMS' Blum says
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Cover Story: The bare essentials | Regular Feature: IT transformers | Special Report: Healthcare's 'moneyball' | Editorial: Every industry for itself / Other Voices | Letters: A lament over proposed 'doc fix' solutions, and other letters | News Makers: Putter new COO at Steward, and other moves | Outliers: Huge Sanford ad that irked Twin Cities is coming down
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Cover Story: Taking a beating | The Week in Healthcare: Readmission questions / Approaching with caution / 'Quite a jump' in premiums / Path set for ACA? / Laws fail to slow gray market / Trustee nominations sought / Tuckson takes director post / Brinkley goes to Washington | Late News: AHA, lawmakers to consider raising Medicare eligibility age
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Cover Story: Data scan | The Week in Healthcare: Obama puts Dems on guard / Please, spare us / Three-way fight / To wait or not to wait ... / Veiled disclosures: Providers eager to know extent of CMS' leniency for Stark law violators / Pharmacy deal causes waves | Late News: Appellate judges say challenge to the ACA may be premature
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Cover Story: Mixed messages emerge from recent Census data | The Week in Healthcare: Medicaid RAC overkill / Strengthening Medicare / On the decline / Direct delivery / Paying for best practices / Making the cut | Late News: 137 hospitals sue HHA over HSP rate adjustment
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Is quality healthcare cheaper or does it come at a higher cost? According to an exclusive study conducted for Modern Healthcare by Thomson Reuters using data from research to determine its annual list of the 100 Top Hospitals, the bottom line is that doing less actually equals more, at least when it comes to spending on drugs and other supplies. Read more about these findings, as well as a detailed report on the clinical performance criteria under Medicare's value-based purchasing program.
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Cover Story: Fee-for-all / Bad timing? | The Week in Healthcare: Economic wear and tear / Zero-sum game / Bumpy road for equal visitation / Not healing thyself / Strategic move / Ubiquitous problem | Late News: Circuit court dismisses two ACA lawsuits for lacking standing
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Cover Story: Power boost for labor | The Week in Healthcare: Shortages fuel 'gray market' / More relief sought / Against the rule / Group alignment / Stopping power / Tough times at Parkland / After Irene / DaVita looks abroad for growth / FTC gives Ky. deal go-ahead | Late News: 29,700 jobs added to healthcare industry in August / DaVita must sell 29 clinics before acquiring DSI: FTC
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Cover Story: Forging the way | The Week in Healthcare: Too good to be true? / Form appeal / By the numbers: Emergency angioplasties / Betting on bundling / Competitive flaws / Trump Card? / At odds / 'Disclosure optional' / Common problem / Radiation warnings | Late News: Waiting for Irene | Regular Feature: Outpatient Care | Special Feature: Shopping for a GPO
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Cover Story: Under their influence / New faces in the crowd / 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare (text list) / How we did it | The Week in Healthcare: Preparing a game plan / HIPAA at 15 / Tax bite / Back in the game / Comparison shopping / Corrections and clarifications
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Cover Story: Strong performance | The Week in Healthcare: A swing and a hit / Wait and see / Rough ride ahead / Benchmarks met in ACO tryout / On their terms | Late News: Appeals court blasts mandate | Regular Feature: Unsatisfactory marks | Special Feature: Feeling the squeeze | Editorial: Poor ratings / Other Voices | Commentary: Move beyond denial | News Makers: Johnson to become president of Health First, and other moves | By the Numbers: States with the most ambulatory surgery centers | Outliers: It's like Woodstock, but with physicals and X-ray
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Cover Story: Feeling pinched / On the chopping block | The Week in Healthcare: Payment boost / Holding steady / By the numbers: Physician practice costs / Meeting resistance / Price stability / Going private again / Cadillac tax revs worries / Plan shake-up / Head of the pack | Late News: Healthcare beats average with 0.2% job growth in July
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Cover Story: Thrown a curve | The Week in Healthcare: ‘Cuts are on the table' / Divisiveness brings uncertainty / By the numbers: Heart disease expenditures / Exception to the rule / Keeping an eye out for trouble / Stepping down / Priceless passion / Corrections and clarifications / Groups: Revise disclosure rule | Late News: IOM committee to FDA: Dump 501(k) process
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Cover Story: 'Shift work' | The Week in Healthcare: Squeezing drug costs / Express Scripts deal draws fire / Looking for equality / Partner confusion? / Clarke's farewell / Joint effort / Eye to eye / 'Ripple effect' / Chu to chair AHA board / IOM focuses on prevention | Late News: Kentucky attorney general questions hospital merger
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Cover Story: Fight for independence | The Week in Healthcare: No guarantees / Facing a downgrade / More than half of Medicare claims for power wheelchairs contain errors / Preparing for the unknown / GAO blasts CMS for fraud-fighting tool delay / Which law applies? / Drug shortages lead to action / First female MGMA CEO | Late News: Moody's: Worst downgrade/upgrade ratio since 2009
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News Makers: SSM Health Care - St. Louis CEO and President Jim Sanger retiring at end of year / Universal Health Services appoints Marvin Pember president of acute care, and other moves | Outliers: Outliers: If the yips are cramping your game, there's a good reason
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Cover Story: Motivated buyer | The Week in Healthcare: Taking sides / HHS touts free care ... / Fending off the FTC / New study finds 10% of electronic prescriptions contain error / Pushing to save on costs / Staying strong / Zeroing in on errors / Corrections and clarifications: Healthcare reform law's 'maintenance of certification' program to not include penalties / Another Catholic sell-off | Late News: Late News: New York-Presbyterian names two execs to succeed Pardes / Late News: HHS distributes $352 million in disaster-planning grants / Late News: Proposed rules would raise rates, cut...
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Cover Story: Saving it for later | The Week in Healthcare: Data-mining law struck down / HIPAA indictment / Split on taxes, entitlements / CMS scales back appeal rules / Vanguard IPO comes in low / Going global / Standing firm on ACA / Action plan / APHA report: funding lacking | Late News: Google announces end of health-record platform
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Cover Story: Coalition building / Deal or no deal? | The Week in Healthcare: MedPAC looks at limits / List update / Strategy: Prevention / HFMA report focuses on value / IRS grants reprieve / Foundation's windfall | Late News: CMS to use predictive-modeling tools to root out fraud
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Cover Story: Sticker shock | The Week in Healthcare: Following Blue Shield's lead / Tough questions / Not enough / HMA makes a switch / Competitive proposal | Late News: IRS gives hospitals some leeway on Form 990 disclosures
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Cover Story: Hell no, we won't ACO / Leaping hurdles | The Week in Healthcare: Not everyone's a fan / Unanswered questions / Rallying for health / Taken to the top / Robust blood market / Fiduciary failure | Late News: AMA appoints Madara as new executive VP and CEO
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Cover Story: After the storm | The Week in Healthcare: GOP deficit plan gone ... / Funding single payer / By the numbers: Starting salaries for specialty-care physicians / Thumbs down / Paging Dr. Superstar / Early discharge / VA to update VistA EHR | Late News: 50 hospital regulations under ‘major' review as red tape studied
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Cover Story: Asleep at the switch / Does technology pay? | The Week in Healthcare: Cost-benefit ratio / On the fast track / Paying for performance / Rate review standoff / IT, docs focus of investments | Late News: AMA's profits jump nearly 45% from '09, report says
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Cover Story: Diametrically opposed | The Week in Healthcare: Moving on / Reduce or revise / Arguments begin / Sour note on ACOs / A different kind of offer / MedCath plans to dissolve / Attention, please / Exec revamp at Christus | Late News: Financial outlook worsens for Medicare's trust fund
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Cover Story: Does prevention really pay? | The Week in Healthcare: Renewed efforts / Beyond SGR reform / On to the appeals / Tug of war / Settlement holdout / Cost trends expected to rise / Exiting two states ... / Celebrating a rebirth / Execs: Mongan's legacy lives on / Regs may aid telemedicine / Working in concert | Late News: Vermont's universal plan awaits governor's signature
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Cover Story: Unsatisfactory / Readmission relationship | The Week in Healthcare: Revamp of IRS rules urged / By the numbers: Percentage of Medicare patients who received end-of-life care varies by state / RAC appeals data sought / Going after fraud / Ascension looks to Chicago / Quality reporting expands / Reimbursement raise / Artificial intelligence / ‘In the hands of providers' / Setting higher standards / Community hits back | Late News: Late News: Ruling unblocks funding for embryonic stem-cell research
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