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States May Opt Out of Medicaid Expansion, Court Rules
Providers, Payers Largely Favor PPACA Decision
Opinion: A moderate ruling with risks ahead
Don't call it a mandate—it's a tax
Supreme Court's Medicaid ruling: 'A shift in kind, not merely degree'
States face a challenge to meet health law's deadline
Mystery after the ruling: Which states will refuse Medicaid expansion?
Relief, uncertainty at county hospital after ruling
Healthcare law upheld: What's next for FL?
A sick rally, so to speak, for hospital stocks
Gawande: Something wicked this way comes
June 28, 2012
Supreme Court Upholds Key Provisions of PPACA
AHA: Leapfrog 'Manipulated' Data
Healthcare Reform Unstoppable, Regardless of Court's Decision
Supreme Court healthcare ruling: For health industry, 'every man for himself'
Healthcare countdown: Who wins, loses—pays?
Healthcare patient data laws outdated, says Consumers Union
Lehigh Valley Health Network to settle nurses' lawsuit for $4.5M
Opinion: Limits on residents' work hours may adversely affect patient care
Maryland doctors: We get paid, not 'reimbursed'
Jury awards family $55M in Hopkins malpractice case, largest in state history
Culture of medicine runs on people power, not tech
June 27, 2012
Seeking ROI Via Population Health Management
Democrats eye healthcare contingency plan
New Accretive allegations: Debt collector told new mom to pay or baby would stay
Alaska's Medicaid to pay OCR $1.7M for potential HIPAA violations
Will mergers get hospitals out of the sick ward?
Could Kaiser Permanente's low-cost healthcare be even cheaper?
Overhaul of healthcare in VT arrives for cancer patients
Study: Hospital costs drop when infants treated better
N.J. lawmakers approve bill requiring for-profit hospitals to post financial records
Doctor shortage raises rural C-section rate
June 26, 2012
Indiana Hospital Files for Chapter 11
U.S. Overpaying for Veterans' Healthcare
A viewer's guide to the SCOTUS healthcare ruling
Supreme Court to review Phoebe Putney purchase of Palmyra
E-records linked to fewer malpractice claims
Memorial, BlueCross lock horns over rates
UPMC's electronic health information exchange begins
Why don't more hospitals use electronic health records?
Program lets doctors 'prescribe' mHealth apps
Dropping legal barriers doesn't guarantee interstate insurance sales
University of Washington program tries to give rural medicine a boost
Opinion: Will we miss healthcare law if it dies?
June 25, 2012
AHA Rejects Proposed Readmission Penalties
Opinion: Berwick on how 'Obamacare' has put nation on right track
Supporters slow to grasp health law's legal risks
11 facts about the Affordable Care Act
OR study shows benefits, price, for newly insured
US healthcare reform efforts through history
The wild ups and downs of an alleged Medicare scammer
Raises, bonuses prevail for hospital CEOs
Hep C suits might not tap hospital's 'deep pockets'
Taxpayers increasingly foot bill for bariatric surgery
St. Bernard Parish Hospital a final piece of Katrina recovery
Doctor takes on medical board
June 22, 2012
Healthcare Cost Growth Acceleration Continues
Care Coordination Advancing Slowly
FL health insurance plans owe $124M in rebates
US attorney, FBI join probe into hospital hepatitis C outbreak as lawsuits emerge
Rare drug-resistant bacteria spotted in US hospital
June 21, 2012
HHS: 3.1M Young Adults Covered Under PPACA
AHIP: Private Insurance Exchanges Will Prevail Regardless of SCOTUS Ruling
Hospitals find a few defenders on Wall Street
Sutter Health, Marin General both declare victory after arbitrator orders Sutter to pay
26,000 uninsured Americans die each year
June 20, 2012
10 Tips and 32 Strategies for Healthcare CEOs
Wendell Potter: Health Insurance Industry Lacks Unified Opinion on Reform
Health reform with a mandate: the MA story
Does Medicaid actually help people?
Trauma in the ER: Who covers the uninsured?
Fix health care after Supreme Court ruling, poll says
CA hospitals collect duplicate payments for spinal surgeries
Geisinger, Merck team up to make sure patients follow doctors’ orders
More hospitals protect gay patients, report says
Healthcare sees emerging future in frugal innovation
At NY's Wyckoff Hospital, ex-chairman breaks neck
June 19, 2012
Rounds Preview: Excelling in Cardiac Care
Health reform without a mandate: Lessons from WA
Ex-Aetna chief criticizes insurance mandate
AMA head says doctors need higher Medicare payments, lawsuit protection
CEO expresses concern over future of NH's Exeter Hospital
VT to cope better than most if healthcare law repealed
Life after healthcare ruling
Fast access to medical records helps fight epidemics
CA court allows unsupervised nurses to give anesthetics
When smart mobile technology meets good science
June 18, 2012
AMA, AHA at Odds Over 'Surprise' Medicare Final Rule
MedPAC Recommends FFS Benefit Changes
Democrats in the dark on post-SCOTUS planning
Hep. C outbreak at Exeter Hospital raises questions
Professor takes on hospital in Utah Medicaid breach
VA threatens Orlando hospital contractor
Hospital systems at odds over 'poaching' physicians
Officials: Taxpayers need say on CHS
Fairview's new goal: Less repeat business
Knee surgery turned deadly at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Parkland Hospital getting ready-made bathrooms
Detroit Medical Center to test new job seekers for tobacco
June 15, 2012
Hospitalists ID Unprofessional Physician Behaviors
AMA, key backer of healthcare law, looks into reboot
For hospital CIOs, mergers complicate move to electronic records
Hep C outbreak at NH hospital likely caused by employee drug abuse
Hospital units for elderly could cut nation's healthcare costs
Assuming the doctor's a 'he'
Parents could skip doctor's office with this device
Employers' 'plan B' if health reform is axed
U.S. high court: Never mind the 9. Meet the 36 SCOTUS clerks
Many doctors use limited Spanish skills with patients
June 14, 2012
Safety Net Hospitals Raise Concerns on DSH Cuts
Healthcare Spending Trend to Accelerate, Says CMS
Dems, GOP battle over healthcare law as 2013 spending bill advances
Cost of healthcare relief temporary, federal report shows
Commentary: What we learned from cutting colon surgery infections
Infographic: States’ progress on health insurance exchanges
Oakland, UCSF children's hospitals may merge
NY accelerates state health information exchange
Reinventing healthcare in one of America's poorest cities
OhioHealth, cardiology doctors reach deal
Woman physician, negotiate thyself or lose $350,000
June 13, 2012
How Hospitals Can Shape Sustainable Cost Control
Romney Advisor Offers Views on Healthcare Policy
The secret world of healthcare pricing
Medicare Advantage enrollment rises 10 percent on lower premiums
Gender pay gap exists for doctors too
Highmark, Jefferson Regional announce partnership worth at least $275M
Art of patient satisfaction meets the science of medicine
Centralizing healthcare big data in the cloud
Carolinas HealthCare expanding to manage Cone Health
CT children's hospital, insurer settle lengthy contract dispute
All 4 trauma surgeons leave one ME hospital to work for another
Opinion: Doctors, practice what you preach
June 12, 2012
6 Ways to Get Physicians on Board with Decision Support
Lab's Non-Coverage Notice Deters Medicare Patients
Can hospital execs walk the tightrope over the cost-quality chasm?
Sick (and poor) in MA: Longer waits, less satisfied patients
Ready or not, genomics is coming to hospitals
Insurer's 30-day prescription limit aims to cut painkiller abuse
The largest U.S. pill mill's rise and fall
Wireless sensors reduce ICU days
OU, Cleveland Clinic announce new medical school campus
Freestanding ED to hospital: The new wave?
High-risk pregnancies increasing, hospitals specializing
Noisy hospitals need Rx for quiet as patients rest
June 11, 2012
Best EDs Focus on Flow
Process Improvements Vital to Cost Containment
States quietly get ready for healthcare law
Obama was pushed by drug industry, e-mails suggest
Healthcare law's fate aside, hospitals evolve
Limiting 'gross charges' on hospital bills
MD's hospital rating system in danger of failing
U of I sharing patient details with fundraiser
Healthcare alliance creates massive virtual care community
Medical muscle: Memorial Hospital records $190M gain
Nationwide Children's Hospital expands
Company with fraud record lines up for FL Medicaid contract
June 8, 2012
4 Keys to a Better Emergency Department
iPad Solves Healthcare Providers' Clipboard Conundrum
Opinion: Health reform—What if Obama hadn't tried it?
NH public health director: Viral outbreak 'clearly tied' to hospital lab
ME launches first-in-the-nation medical image archive
Geo-medicine new frontier in medical informatics
Nonprofit hospital CEO earned $616K in 2010
Should nurses be practicing alone?
Doctors returning to practice face challenges
June 7, 2012
HHS Takes Another Step Toward Defining Essential Health Benefits
Group Medical Appointments Get Another Look
Deal reached on online prescription reporting
MA House passes healthcare cost-control bill
Top 10 medical data breaches include public health departments
Are computers getting between patients and doctors?
Wellmark inks ACO deal with Genesis Health System
MU medical school dean resigns as school is under investigation
The real stakes in the healthcare case
June 6, 2012
Leapfrog Issues Hospital Safety Report Cards
Hospitals Find Solutions for the No-Pay Self-Pay Patient
Hospital billing shifting the cost to Medicare patients
Place your bets: Industry experts guess health reform's fate
Healthcare court ruling could paralyze Medicare
University hospitals: Cost-efficient leaders in care and research
Behind one hospital's fight against deadly infection
Opinion: The trouble with 'doctor knows best'
Online technologies doctors love
Opinion: Health professionals will respond to incentives, if we only let them
June 5, 2012
Universal Health Services to buy Ascend Health for $500M
Hospitals add palliative teams at feverish pace
Health reform gets messy in MA
Poll: Only 36 percent of Americans support the ACA
Do doctor-payment sunshine laws work?
'Body Area Networks' should free hospital bandwidth, untether patients
Can patient photos help cut medical errors?
Doctors swap pagers for smartphones
Are You Ready for an ACO?
June 4, 2012
13 Hospitals Fined for Immediate Jeopardy Violations in CA
Reshaping Medicaid care to affect many
Health subsidies vs. med-tech tax
Looming court ruling worries some with health woes
Contractors: VA missed chance to speed hospital work, save jobs
IN considering statewide trauma network
Cardiologist says doctors ready for more active role
Hospital commission's big question: Essentia or no?
Q&A: Wheeling Hospital CEO Ronald Violi on expansion
June 1, 2012
'Historically' Low Healthcare Spending Growth Predicted for 2013
WI healthcare systems revamping payment methods
Hospitals fight drug scarcity, fear patients harmed
Mayor talks to UM, Jackson heads about bitter contract dispute
Medicare mandates to reduce chemical restraints
Consumer Reports begins rating MA doctors
State health insurance exchanges choke on health IT
Sen. Franken: Encrypt laptops with medical info
Opinion: We should be in a race for prevention, not cures