Another election year brings even greater scrutiny on the nation's hospitals and health systems. Candidates invariably focus on healthcare—offering widely divergent opinions on an issue of deep personal interest to American families.
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The struggling community of Ottumwa, Iowa, has found a way to drum up tens of millions of dollars for urban redevelopment, college scholarships, a business incubator and dozens of smaller projects benefitting its residents.
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The Obama administration filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court laying out its argument against the contention of 26 states that the healthcare reform law unconstitutionally coerces them to pull too much of the weight in extending coverage to 36 million Americans.
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HHS’ National Vaccine Advisory Committee approved a recommendation that healthcare employers that haven’t achieved 90% influenza vaccination compliance after following other recommendations to boost flu vaccination rates “strongly consider” an employee requirement for flu...
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The Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance that outline scientific and quality issues with developing drugs known as biosimilars.
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Physicians in a class-action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group over payments for out-of-network services could soon start receiving $200 million in settlement payments.
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The struggling community of Ottumwa, Iowa, has found a way to drum up tens of millions of dollars for urban redevelopment, college scholarships, a business incubator and dozens of smaller projects benefitting its residents.
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In a derailed deal to buy Christ Hospital, Prime Healthcare Services never learned whether the New Jersey hospital’s assets would be converted to a foundation.
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The White House's announcement that religious hospitals and charities will not be required to provide contraception coverage in their employee health plans has left many wondering who will really pay for these services—and how?
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Fears are growing that another two-month temporary patch for Medicare physician pay rates is increasingly possible as congressional negotiations on a long-term solution to the problem appeared deadlocked.
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Hospitals and group purchasing organizations want price transparency to get more leverage negotiating for costly medical devices. The companies that make the devices say the prices are better kept under wraps, even though a federal report blames the secrecy, in part, for significant variations in...
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Users of the CMS’ Hospital Compare website can now access their hospital’s rates of dangerous and preventable central line-associated bloodstream infections. Facility-specific infection data is posted on the agency’s site and will be updated quarterly.
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Those who want to test their patient-safety skill set while adding some letters after their name will be able to do so starting March 5, when a certification board established by the Boston-based National Patient Safety Foundation launches its credentialing program.
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Spending on medical technology, supplies and devices is a key driver of escalating healthcare costs in the U.S. To assist healthcare executives in monitoring how much they’re spending on these items, Modern Healthcare has partnered with the ECRI Institute to develop the Modern...
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Modern Healthcare's fifth annual Best Places to Work in Healthcare recognition program is now under way. The program, co-sponsored by the Studer Group, honors workplaces in healthcare that enable employees to perform at their optimum...
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Later this year, health plans will be required for the first time to provide consumers with nationally standardized descriptions of the benefits and coverage they provide. The industry’s largest trade group said it will be no easy task.
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At last year’s meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, held in February in Orlando, Fla., a small group of well-known health information technology leaders from the public and private sectors met to discuss the need to create a resource for physicians who were...
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While her children were growing up, Terri Christoffersen was often asked to raise money to support a variety of activities, such as the school band. But unlike many other parents, Christoffersen discovered that she loved it.
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David Price, a lawyer, joined the board of directors of Community Hospital in January 2006 just as the organization was careening toward failure.
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James Patrick “Pat” Thornton has had a life-long passion for St. Vincent's HealthCare, dating back to 1935 when he was born at the Jacksonville, Fla.-based system's flagship facility.
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Dr. Michael William Perry, an internist, first became a staunch advocate for outpatient endoscopic spine procedures to relieve lower back and neck pain while working at an orthopedic clinic in Hudson, Fla.
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Another election year brings even greater scrutiny on the nation's hospitals and health systems. Candidates invariably focus on healthcare—offering widely divergent opinions on an issue of deep personal interest to American families.
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This year, 46 nominations were received for Modern Healthcare's annual Trustee of the Year awards program, co-sponsored by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer, based in Oak Brook, Ill.
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EAST MEADOW, N.Y.—NuHealth System said it will seek $30 million and antitrust clearance from the state of New York to downsize its hospital and affiliate more closely with North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. The proposal, to be submitted to the state, won unanimous approval...
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CHICAGO—University of Chicago Medicine is contributing $120,000 to sponsor a “violence interrupter” for anti-violence campaign CeaseFire for three years, a move intended to improve the communities that surround its campus. The sponsorship of the mediator is the centerpiece...
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ATLANTA—A consolidation agreement may be on the horizon for 403-bed Atlanta Medical Center and 180-bed South Fulton Medical Center, East Point, Ga. Officials with the two Atlanta-area hospitals are in discussions with officials from the state's community health department “to...
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“Gov. Bob McDonnell defends his plan to shred Virginia’s healthcare safety net by maintaining that federal healthcare reforms will render many of the medical services they provide obsolete.
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Much has been written and will continue to be written about accountable care organizations, whether they are labeled Pioneer, Shared Savings or offered through commercial carriers. There are many respected healthcare leaders who think that ACOs will bring great benefit to patients and providers...
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David Hebert is the new CEO of the American College of Nurse Practitioners. Hebert, 54, most recently was senior VP for policy and government relations for the American Health Care Association, a trade group representing long-term-care facilities.
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As someone who has Googled AMGA in search of the American Medical Group Association only to find the American Meat Goat Association's website instead, Outliers is aware that acronyms used in healthcare are not unique to the world of medicine.
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Outliers thought it had seen just about everything, but a state school in Pennsylvania definitely caught us off-guard. Seems Shippensburg (Pa.) University, a medium-sized institution in the south-central part of the state, has something unique: a vending machine that stocks the...
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