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Beware Flaws in Online Physician Rating Sites
More Male Nurses, But Wage Disparity Persists
For Medicare providers, looming cuts less painful than budget deal
The repeal Obamacare chorus quiets
Obamacare ramping up a healthcare turf war
Lifespan, United team up to coordinate healthcare
Hopkins clinic where Levy worked had limited state oversight
AHRQ: ED costs hard to predict with $4 to $24,000 swings
Second insulin-pen lawsuit announced in NY
Why do we want prices in healthcare?
February 27, 2013
Truven Top 100 Hospital Scores Measure 'Leadership Impact'
NJ Governor backs Medicaid expansion
Can the Cleveland Clinic save American healthcare?
Coordinated healthcare could save CA $110B
Highmark: We need contract with UPMC
Tenet Healthcare misses on fourth-quarter earnings
Flood-damaged hospital won't get another $20M
February 26, 2013
Don't Blame Hospitals for All Diagnostic Errors
Nonprofit Hospitals Urged to Diversify Endowments
3 Hill panels examining changes to Medicare
The rest of the story on MA cost control
C. Everett Koop, forceful US Surgeon General, dies at 96
UPMC, Altoona Regional to negotiate affiliation deal
Female surgeons say explicit bias is rare, but subtler obstacles persist
Both sides mulling next move in hospital acquisition challenge
For docs, hospitals, 'sorry' is a hard word to say
CA hospital CEO's pay stands out
MGH employees watch customer service video—for $250
February 25, 2013
Business Roundup: Summa Health Finds a Partner
Healthcare Imaging Strategies Not Exactly a Snap
Healthcare braces for sequester
Simpson-Bowles healthcare plan offers $600B in cuts, few specifics
Panel on healthcare work force, lacking a budget, is left waiting
In FL, a healthcare quandary
Rochester MN ponders $6B Mayo expansion
MI lawsuits shed light on practice of allowing patients to refuse treatment based on race
Health insurance premium increases drop since 2009
Opinion: Overcoming obstacles to better healthcare
February 22, 2013
6 States to Receive $250M in Innovation Model Funding
Early Elective Delivery Still a Costly Health Risk
Obamacare is winning
Q&A: Marilyn Tavenner, Obama's pick to head Medicare
Bitter pill: Why medical bills are killing us
Summa, Catholic Health Partners to partner
Govs to hear OR healthcare plan
HHS: Most states on track with health law's technical demands
Judge blocks SUNY from closing Long Island College Hospital
MA receives $44M to further healthcare overhaul
February 21, 2013
Unlikely prescription from doctors: Less is more
Weight Loss Surgery Doesn't Cut Health Costs
Hospital Mergers Unlikely to be Affected by Antitrust Ruling
Governor: FL will expand Medicaid
FL Medicaid expansion could create 71,300 jobs
US issues final word on essential benefits
IL health system hires executive from troubled Dallas hospital
MI hospital denies honoring father's racial request
Proposed NV law would let hospitals refuse to hire smokers
February 20, 2013
Robotic Surgery Hikes Hysterectomy Costs
Can VBP Put Healthcare on Right Track?
Supreme Court gives FTC a win on hospital mergers
Insurer stocks slip over possible Medicare cuts
CDC: Drug OD deaths climb for 11th straight year
Hopkins patients come forward as investigation into secret recording continues
Administration revives wage, overtime fight for home-care workers
Nurse sues, says hospital backs dad's request that no blacks treat his newborn
Portland hospital fire investigated; hand sanitizer link suspected
February 19, 2013
BCBSNC Kicks Off Orthopedic Bundles
NCQA Issues First ACO Accreditations
Business Roundup: HMA Finalizes Deal with Bayfront Health
States worry about rate shock during shift to new health law
Feds will run most Obamacare exchanges
Kaiser seen as a model for health care overhaul
Hospitals team to find beds for psych patients
Hundreds sue KY hospital over heart procedures
Controversial address vaults Hopkins' neurosurgeon into political arena
NJ hospitals pioneer cost-cutting model
February 15, 2013
Few States Choose to Operate Health Insurance Exchanges
Q&A with WellPoint's Next CEO, Joe Swedish
GOP senators reintroduce bill to repeal IPAB
States face Friday deadline on healthcare exchanges
US official touts health insurance markets, lawmakers leery
MedPAC chief warns of Medicare payment crisis
Healthcare workers need to explain insurance overhaul, Sebelius says
EMRs probed for over-billing
Jackson Health System dismisses trauma petition
Hospital translators at the push of a button
Opinion: Afraid to speak up to medical power
24 hot and hiring healthcare jobs
February 14, 2013
Scripps Seeks to Acquire Assets of Troubled Hospice
Hospital Consolidation Gets a New Playbook
After 7 years, will Medicare finally have a leader?
House Republican aims to repeal Medicare doc pay cuts
CA health chief looks within for solution to rising health costs
Report: Fake drugs pose threat to US
MA finalizes rules allowing hospitals to share meds to ease shortages
Battle brews in MN over hospital nurse staffing
CA reveals details of health law insurance plans
Does health IT safety need new regulatory body?
February 13, 2013
Moody's: Nonprofit Healthcare Debt Sees Record Downgrade
Weak Link Found Between Readmissions, Mortality
In SOTU address, Obama offers no new overtures on healthcare
WellPoint names Swedish from Trinity Health as new CEO
Dispute develops over discount drug program
MD's St. Joseph Medical Center not CMS-certified
Graph: The slowdown in US healthcare spending
Hospitals in US cut infection rates in 2011, CDC says
FL hospitals cooperate to tackle health issues
TX shuts down hospital following investigation
February 12, 2013
DOJ, HHS Announce $4.2B in Medicare Fraud Recoveries
Dartmouth Readmissions Report Shows Scant Progress
Observation units may ease burdens of ER care, but at a price
Price for a new hip? Many hospitals are stumped
Opinion: IBM's Watson could be healthcare game changer
Rule on 'essential benefits' sent to White House for final review
Facing doc shortage, CA lawmakers want to redefine healthcare roles
Charity care strains rural hospitals
Prime Healthcare to buy Newark's Saint Michael's Medical Center
US recovers $4.2B from healthcare fraud probes
February 11, 2013
AMA Issues 5 Patient Safety Guidelines
No one fix to slow hospital readmission epidemic
Montefiore's president, influential in Albany, is unknown by design
CA lacks docs to meet demand of national healthcare law
Comparison shopping coming to Highmark
How much off-the-clock behavior can the state regulate?
February 8, 2013
Some Flu Patients May Pose Greater Risk to Healthcare Providers
Hospital Chiefs: Cut Costs with Care
Medicaid expansion divides GOP governors
Catholic Health to pay $4.9M in St. Joseph overbilling case
Obama renominates Tavenner to lead CMS
Boston hospital settles gender bias suit
Safety problems at pharmacies a recurring issue
MD's healthcare experiment: An insurance co-op
Fate of Brooklyn hospital in SUNY board's hands
Mayo's Destination Medical Center bills introduced
Bellevue Hospital fully returns 99 days after evacuation
February 7, 2013
NQF, JC Name National Patient Safety Award Winners
Medical Errors Draw Fines for 7 CA Hospitals
CBO Analysis Renews Calls for SGR Repeal
Bipartisan 'doc fix' bill introduced
How OH's Republican governor sold the state on expanding Medicaid
Health insurance companies get in shape for 2014
SUNY president to recommend closure of Long Island hospital
Prime hospital chain acknowledges it faces 2 federal probes
Florida Blue plans accountable care program with Cleveland Clinic Florida
Compensation jumps for top NC hospital execs
Methodist files anti-trust lawsuit against OSF Healthcare
State, fed officials find solution for preserving MinnesotaCare
February 6, 2013
Hospitalizations Up For the Terminally Ill
'Sunshine Act' Gets Guarded Reaction
Obama's health-insurance expansion eroding, CBO projects
Cerner, McKesson cooperating for HIE, interoperability's sake?
U. of Colorado Health ponders creating its own HMO
Opinion: Dig into details before scoffing at Mayo Clinic's $6B plan
Judge raises more questions about WakeMed Medicare settlement
HIE debate gets fiery
Jackson Health, Kendall Regional battle over trauma
Maine AG wants hospitals to allow public into meetings
February 5, 2013
US proposes scrapping some obsolete Medicare regulations
Feds to publicize drug and device company payments to docs next year
Hang On for Risk-Bearing Contracts, Rewards
Docs concerned about gift disclosure rules
Healthcare spending in America, in 2 graphs
Obama urged to mandate medical error reporting
Catholic hospital takes surprise stance in lawsuit
No agreement on how to fund medical watchdog unit
LSU hospitals leader concerned about employee drop
Opinion: Medicare's observation status unfair to patients
February 4, 2013
M&A Roundup: Prime, Tenet, BIDMC Announce Deals
Steward Health Lost $14.6M in 2011
CMS Unveils 4 Bundled Payment Models
Steward Health Care a force for change
ME politicians strive to stay in hospitals' good graces
FL hospitals hit by cliff deal, health reform
WakeMed's Medicare settlement with feds would allow confidential reports
NY St. Luke's Hospital quietly shut down pediatric unit
Medical clinic workers struggle with burnout
February 1, 2013
Tick, tock: Administration misses some health law deadlines
Aetna profit slips as insurer settles reimbursement lawsuit
Hospital chain defies NLRB rulings after court decision
Mayo offers $6B vision to remake Rochester
Physicians' Persistent 'Overuse' of Care Continues
NC Senate committee moves to block participation in federal healthcare reform
CO lawmakers embrace healthcare change
As PPACA Deadlines Near, States Dawdle
Hospital error rate in MN isn't improving
Small surgeries, huge markups