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Video Feature: Best Places to Work ranking

October 26, 2009
A video announcement of the ranked list of the 2009 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.
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Video Feature: Best Places to Work introduction

September 08, 2009
A video announcement of the alphabetical list of the 2009 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.
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Video Feature: The future of managed care under health reform

June 01, 2009
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda and Managing Editor Neil McLaughlin host panelists Allan Baumgarten of Managed Care Reviews, Larry Boress of the Midwest Business Group on Health, and Vicky Gregg of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee at the Spring 2009 CEO Roundtable in Chicago.
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Video Feature: Andis Robeznieks on construction trends

January 19, 2009
Healthcare construction was strong in 2008, setting a monthly record in June when new healthcare construction contracts totaled a record $2.7 billion. But this year, healthcare construction is expected to pull back, though not as much as in other segments such as retail and residential.
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Video Feature: Rebecca Vesely on insurers, managed care

January 19, 2009
The economic recession is likely to be a two-sided coin for major insurers. On one side, they could see their medical costs drop as patients delay or forgo care because they have either lost their insurance or they can no longer afford the out-of-pocket costs. This is good news for insurers’...
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Video Feature: Jessica Zigmond on doc-owned hospitals

January 19, 2009
The fears of physician owners in 2008 are expected to become a reality this year as Congress will more than likely re-introduce legislation to restrict physician ownership and discourage future growth in this segment.
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Video Feature: Vince Galloro on for-profit chains

January 19, 2009
According to one bearish analyst, 2009 just might be the beginning of the end of profits for investor-owned hospital chains. The sinking economy is a big factor, but longer term, the analyst sees two big negatives that others see as positives—universal coverage and the aging population.
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Video Feature: Shawn Rhea on devices, drugs

January 19, 2009
In an effort to cut spending while maintaining quality, look for hospitals and lawmakers to make a greater push to break manufacturers’ influence on physicians’ selection of expensive—but not necessarily clinically superior—drugs and medical devices.
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Video Feature: Melanie Evans on healthcare finance

January 19, 2009
Last year's credit crisis has left borrowers with fewer—and more expensive—options to finance construction, technology and other big-ticket items. Limited access to affordable credit is expected to fuel merger-and-acquisition activity as weaker hospitals seek larger, more stable...
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Video Feature: Matthew DoBias on heathcare policy

January 19, 2009
Although President Obama isn’t likely to get everything he called for in his proposals during the campaign, look for the U.S. to inch closer to a form of universal coverage. And first out of the gates is another economic stimulus package that will include healthcare provisions.
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Video Feature: Joseph Conn on healthcare IT

January 19, 2009
Look for 2009 to mark the return of real privacy consideration and enforcement in healthcare IT after two terms of lip service and reversals by the Bush administration. Meanwhile, it’s almost a forgone conclusion that Uncle Sam will throw billions of dollars at health IT. The only question is...
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Video Feature: Joe Carlson on labor issues

January 19, 2009
Organized labor activity increased in 2008, a trend expected to accelerate this year. The single biggest factor that will drive continued growth is the ascendancy of union-friendly Democrats in the federal government, including Barack Obama, who has said he favors passage of the Employee Free...
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Video Feature: Jennifer Lubell on healthcare regulation

January 19, 2009
How will the new Obama administration affect healthcare the healthcare regulatory environment? An early test comes in March when a moratorium will expire on a series of Medicaid regulations that hospitals say would trim billions of dollars from the program and potentially jeopardize care.
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Video Feature: Jean DerGurahian on quality, patient safety

January 19, 2009
Last year, the quality field introduced a wide range of clinical-improvement initiatives to help reduce medical errors. Expect those efforts to become much more targeted and specific to medical outcomes as quality proponents focus on improving episodes of care. Also look for the development of...
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Video Feature: Gregg Blesch on legal affairs

January 19, 2009
Watch for shifting in priorities in the agencies that police competition, fraud and abuse, and tax policy—and legislation that changes what they’re supposed to do, and what they’re allowed to do.
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Video Feature: 2009 Outlook - Introduction by Editor Dave Burda

January 19, 2009
Will this finally be the year of healthcare reform? How will the massive economic stimulus plan being assembled in Washington affect healthcare? What about funding for Medicare and Medicaid? Modern Healthcare's 2009 outlook package provides some answers.
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