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Parkland's CEO to step aside in December
Madison WI healthcare executives’ pay exceeds national average
Taming high health costs takes taming high-tech
How one HIX cut testing costs
Healthcare fraud prosecutions on pace to rise 85%
AHA Letter Details VBP Program 'Failures'
August 30, 2011
Drug prices soar as hospital suppliers are forced into ’gray market’
Expert warns of healthcare bubble
MA’s Partners posts a $51.7M gain
For WI clinic, EHRs + quality reporting = shared savings
August 29, 2011
Cleveland MetroHealth System misses budget projections, on track to lose $1.1M
August 26, 2011
St. Louis’ Barnes-Jewish faces cut in pay
August 24, 2011
Medicaid privatization firm selection challenged again
August 23, 2011
Hospitals seek more ER patients even as Medicaid tries to lessen demand
Price List Could Be A Radical Medical Tool
August 22, 2011
Opinion: What’s charitable care?
CMS to expand bid process for Medicare medical supplies
Opinion: An e-ripoff of the U.S.
New WellStar CEO to earn $975K in base pay
Parkland Hospital Submits Plan to Remedy Deficiencies, Protect Funding
August 19, 2011
Healthcare's Cottage Supply Chain Needs a Makeover
UPMC asks for dismissal of Highmark suit
OIG: Soaring Medicaid Brand-name Drug Prices Offset by Rebates
Private Equity Interest In Nonprofit Hospitals Growing
Healthcare Cost Growth Accelerates Slightly
August 18, 2011
Cuts in healthcare may undermine role in labor market
Parkland records part of criminal probe
Over career, most doctors in US will face lawsuit
IL decision on hospital exemptions may be a signal
MA health center expansion nears finish
In Joplin, St. John’s Mercy Hospital Unveils Plans to Rebuild
August 17, 2011
Hospital owner's charity may have avoided taxes through gift, experts say
State OKs plan to close Oak Forest (IL) hospital, switch to outpatient care
MI tells Blue Cross to extend deadline for residency rule
AMGA: Physician Practices Falter on Thinning Margins
Price Gouging Spikes Drug Costs Up to 4500%, Purchasing Group Says
August 16, 2011
Boston hospitals paid CEOs well, but not as much, in ’09
Fate of Oak Forest (IL) Hospital up for vote
Parcel tax proposed to fund CA’s Doctors Medical Center
NAIC Urges Caution in HIX Regulations
August 15, 2011
Hudson County (NJ) hospitals unlikely to consolidate
Florida hospitals stuck with long-term, costly ventilator care
Medicare Fraud Probes Keep DOJ Hopping
HHS Unveils Proposed HIX Rules
August 13, 2011
Determining Your Organization's Value
August 12, 2011
Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, 11th Circuit Appeals Court Rules
Anthem, SCCIPA align to create ACO in California
KY hospitals to pay nearly $9M in Medicare fraud settlement
Nonprofit helps uninsured stay healthy -- and avoid using ERs
AAFP Calls for RUC Reforms, but Won't Back Suit
DOJ: Stents Fraud Case to Settle for $1.8M
August 11, 2011
AZ judge OKs Medicaid cuts for 135k people
Jackson Health gets through July
Back to McAllen, TX, this time to look at private insurance spending
J&J to settle charge over drug’s marketing
Saint Thomas Health (TN) launches MissionPoint Health ACO
St. Francis Hospital (CT) to pay $516K for Medicare overbilling
Doctors Sue HHS, CMS Over 'Secretive' Payment Committee
Rise in CT Use in ED Curbs Admissions, Transfers
August 10, 2011
Health spending more complex than Medicare shows
Church, state, and a university hospital
AMA denies conflict on pharmaceutical data mining
Executive pay, bonuses spark concern at Cleveland’s MetroHealth System
Taxpayers pay $100K of severance for COO at bankrupt NJ hospital
August 9, 2011
GA charity-care hospital regulations scrutinized
Tenet, Scripps Research to build FL hospital
August 8, 2011
Big jumps in insurance premiums will get new scrutiny
Driscoll Children's Hospital dodges deep funding cuts
NH hospitals don't regret growth, even in the face of cuts
August 5, 2011
Cost of Medicare's Part D drug plan is dropping
Surgeon Cuts Out Third-Party Payers
OCR Undecided on Including BAs in HIPAA Audits
Pediatric Residency Funding At Risk
August 4, 2011
States Strengthen Insurance Hike Oversight
August 3, 2011
Debt deal raises pressure on Medicare providers
Medicaid millionaires reap big profits in nonprofit care for disabled
Geisinger pays $1.3M to settle questioned Medicare claims
Rural AZ hospital prepares for future cuts
NIH Awards $84M for Ischemia Trial
CMS Scales Back on Payment Cuts
August 2, 2011
Are hospital-based doctors fueling health spending?
Budget fight on healthcare cuts just beginning
Debt commission might cut Medicare, Medicaid
CA’s highly paid prison doctor cleared to see patients
AHA, NNU Pan Debt Ceiling Proposal
CMS Releases SNF PPS Final Rule for 2012
August 1, 2011
As St. Luke’s (MN) reaped millions, surgeon racked up complaints
Opposing the health law, Florida refuses millions
Cook County hospitals' CEO up for task
NH hospitals say cuts will have regional impact