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Ohio State University renames medical center for $100 million donor

Construction on a $1.1 billion, 21-story expansion is well under way at Ohio State University and the school has renamed its medical center in honor of an alumnus who donated $100 million for the project....

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Medicaid budgets mostly on target, but uncertainty looms

A survey of state Medicaid directors found a healthy majority were on budget, thought some states continue to try to restrain spending by the...

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Parental controls

Joe Carlson | February 11, 2012
The struggling community of Ottumwa, Iowa, has found a way to drum up tens of millions of dollars for urban redevelopment, college scholarships, a...
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CBO projects rise in spending

Rich Daly and Jessica Zigmond | February 04, 2012
Members of Congress are talking about tax increases and additional healthcare spending cuts after their nonpartisan accounting office reported that...
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HCA completes acquisition of heart hospital

Jaimy Lee | February 01, 2012
HCA completed its acquisition of Galichia Heart Hospital, an 82-bed hospital in Wichita, Kan.
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Featured Commentary

The money traps in U.S. healthcare

New York Times | January 22, 2012
Why does an appendectomy in Germany cost roughly a quarter what it costs in the U.S.? Or an M.R.I. scan cost less than a third as much, on average,...
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Brace for the post-election future

Richard Clarke | January 14, 2012
The new year has just started, but inside the Beltway, all eyes are on the presidential and congressional elections that will take place in...
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It costs more, but is it worth more?

New York Times | January 03, 2012
If you want to know what is wrong with American healthcare today, exhibit A might be the two new proton-beam treatment facilities the Mayo Clinic has...
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Standards group to hold off on 5010 successor

Joseph Conn | February 07, 2012
As the U.S. healthcare industry struggles with implementing the federally mandated upgrade to the ASC X12 Version 5010 standard for electronic claims...
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Aetna accuses N.Y. docs of overcharging

Crain's New York Business | February 07, 2012
Aetna quietly filed a lawsuit last October against New York doctors whose patients were socked with massive bills—in one case for more than...
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Baucus unsure permanent SGR fix is within reach

Rich Daly | February 07, 2012
Although Democrats have pushed to permanently replace the Medicare physician payment formula as part of extending a package of expiring tax cuts, a...
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Hearing explores doc-payment innovations

Jessica Zigmond | February 07, 2012
As congressional leaders remain stalled on how to develop a permanent fix to the Medicare physician payment formula, other lawmakers learned about...
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Limited potential

Melanie Evans | January 28, 2012
Nearly one year ago, the nation's largest Catholic health system said it would buy Catholic hospitals with private-equity backing.
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Gloomy prospects

Melanie Evans | January 28, 2012
The financial picture in 2012 is somewhat dreary for not-for-profit hospitals as the economy remains weak and lawmakers keep coming back to...
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