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Senators seek overhaul of hospital payment system May 16, 2013 The GAO reported that 91% of hospitals paid by Medicare receive some dispensation or add-on to the program's standard payment system.
Again, House votes to repeal reform law May 16, 2013 For the third time since early 2011, the House of Representatives approved legislation to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Oregon releases benchmark report on Medicaid reform May 17, 2013 The Oregon Health Authority released its benchmark-setting report tracking the progress of the state's Medicaid transformation program, which is projected to save $11 billion over the next 10 years.
Docs, NPs at odds on pay issues, roles: survey May 16, 2013 Physicians and nurse practitioners agree that NPs should practice “to the full extent of their license.” But the two groups strongly disagree on whether doctors and nurse practitioners should receive equal pay for providing the same services and on whether NPs can lead a...
House panel marks $344M for Defense-VA EHR May 17, 2013 The House Appropriations Committee this week marked $344 million for the development of an electronic health-record system that would allow the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments to share the same information.
A new sensory system May 10, 2013 It might be hard to grasp how large and transformative the market for so-called medical body area networks could be in the years ahead.
GOP lawmakers seek GAO probe of Sebelius' fundraising efforts May 16, 2013 Republican lawmakers asked the GAO to investigate HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' fundraising efforts for a private organization to help implement the healthcare reform law.
Lawmakers air privacy concerns about insurance-exchange navigators May 16, 2013 The chairmen of two House Ways and Means subcommittees this week pressed HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to address privacy concerns regarding workers who will help consumers buy health coverage through state insurance exchanges.
IT Everything: Health IT Blog — Business associates tied to big breaches May 16, 2013 Healthcare organizations seeking to maximize the number of patient records they can expose through a given security breach should consider contracting for professional help. I'm only being partially facetious.
Grandfathered health plans dwindling: analysis May 16, 2013 The percentage of employers with grandfathered healthcare plans continues to dwindle, according to a survey released Thursday.
I'm Not a Doctor: Physician Affairs Blog – AMA membership, doc population offer study in contrasts May 17, 2013 Critics of the American Medical Association argue that the organization's ranks have shrunk to the point where it can no longer claim to be the voice of the nation's doctors. Now new demographic information suggests that, not only might the AMA no longer represent doctors, but its membership and...
Ill. state health board approves two hospital mergers May 16, 2013 The Illinois state health facilities board today approved two hospital merger deals intended to reshape the landscape of healthcare in the suburbs.
Reform Update: IRS controversy reaches ACA May 16, 2013 The tentacles of the Internal Revenue Service controversy have reached the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On Wednesday, Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) introduced legislation, the IRS Accountability Act, to halt funding to the IRS for new agents enforcing the ACA.
AMA sees profit decline by one-third May 16, 2013 Despite a 3.2% increase in membership, the American Medical Association's operating profit dropped by nearly 33% last year, which the organization's annual report said was due in a large part to “a material decline” in advertising revenue and coding book sales.
5 Beaumont clinical chiefs ask system to reconsider Henry Ford Health merger May 16, 2013 Five clinical service chiefs at Beaumont Health System Tuesday delivered a letter to the Beaumont board of directors asking the board to reconsider its proposed merger with the Henry Ford Health System, sources told Crain's.
Decline in hospital CPI biggest since '97 May 16, 2013 Consumer prices for hospital services dropped 0.7% in April, the largest one-month decline since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics first reported the figures in January 1997. The drop follows a 0.4% increase the prior month, figures for the BLS Consumer Price Index show. In April 2012, hospital...
Top paid execs at publicly traded healthcare industry companies May 11, 2013 A list of the 25 highest paid healthcare-industry executives at publicly traded companies, ranked by total compensation for 2012 as reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Source: Modern Healthcare. Published May 13, 2013, p. 34.
Voting begins for 100 Most Influential May 04, 2013 Voting is now underway for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare program. From March 18-April 19, Modern Healthcare readers submitted nearly 28,000 nominations, and the top 300 names are reflected in the final ballot.
Quest acquires Concentra lab business May 17, 2013 Quest Diagnostics, a Madison, N.J.-based provider of diagnostic information services, has acquired medical center operator Concentra's toxicology and clinical laboratory business and agreed to serve as Concentra's primary provider of workplace drug toxicology and clinical laboratory testing.
Window to Washington Blog: Baucus, Sebelius keep focus on implementation, not outreach May 16, 2013 When Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, told HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that he worried Obamacare’s implementation was headed for a “train wreck,” she publicly promised to bring him into the loop.
Chodor no longer CEO of Happtique; Perlman takes over May 16, 2013 Ben Chodor resigned in April as CEO of Happtique, a healthcare mobile application marketplace owned by a subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association, but remains with the company.
Up to 20% of kids experience mental disorders: CDC report May 16, 2013 Up to 1 in 5 children living in the U.S. have mental disorders, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about $247 billion is spent on children's mental health each year.
CBO projects less growth in healthcare spending May 15, 2013 Congressional Budget Office analysts sharply lowered their projections for the next decade's outlays on Medicare, Medicaid and covering the uninsured under the healthcare reform law.
Reform Update: ACA foes, supporters trade volleys May 17, 2013 Democrats and Republicans played another game of political tennis this week when House Republicans served up another vote to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Democrats returned a litany of reasons why the 2010 law is good for Americans.
CMS tightens focus with next round of innovation awards May 15, 2013 The CMS Innovation Center will apply a more focused approach for the second round of the healthcare reform law's Health Care Innovation Awards that the agency announced Wednesday.
Psychiatric evolution May 11, 2013 Former President Bill Clinton may be the headliner at the May 18-22 American Psychiatric Association convention in San Francisco, but the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-5, will steal the show.
CEO jackpot May 11, 2013 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had a breakthrough year in 2012, and its top scientist, Dr. George Yancopoulos, led Modern Healthcare's list of the health industry's highest-paid execs for the year.
89 charged in Medicare fraud busts May 14, 2013 Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday.
'He was killing throughout' May 11, 2013 In his book "The Good Nurse," Charles Graeber chronicles the crimes of critical-care nurse Charles Cullen, who killed dozens of patients. Graeber discusses the book with reporter Joe Carlson.
Order prevents Phoebe Putney from integrating new hospital May 15, 2013 Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union.
Reform Update: ACO Pioneers may be mulling their options May 15, 2013 As the deadline nears for Medicare's first accountable care organizations to decide whether they will continue with the initiative, at least one is debating whether to leave.
Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos May 16, 2013 Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a long-standing goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.
Doc pay reform remains a 'top priority' May 13, 2013 Physician advocates see signs of progress in the Senate Finance Committee's hearing Tuesday—the panel's first in six years on replacing Medicare's physician payment system.
CMS data show wide variation in hospital billing May 08, 2013 (Updated) The CMS released data showing U.S. hospitals charge widely varying amounts for the same services and also illustrating the significant variation in how much Medicare pays for those services.
Hospice chain Vitas faces False Claims accusations May 03, 2013 The U.S. Justice Department is alleging that Vitas, the largest for-profit hospice chain in the U.S., inappropriately admitted patients for hospice care and billed Medicare for crisis care that was either unnecessary or not actually provided.
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