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Investment Firms Question WellPoint Political Spending
Stents may have been unnecessarily placed in patients at St. John Medical Center
HealthPartners, Park Nicollet plan to merge
CA Fines 14 Hospitals for Medical Errors
Opinion: Expanding Medicaid—the smart decision for MD
Dispute between Aetna, CMA heats up
August 30, 2012
How One Hospital Works to Win Over Patients
At halfway mark in Parkland Hospital's overhaul, crises remain
Damage from Healthcare Data Breaches Spreading
Doctor shortage may swell with med school cap
Doctors urged to be more mindful of costs of procedures they order
FL health system, hospitalists sign a patient care deal
Groups join alliance to monitor CA benefits exchange
August 29, 2012
Healthcare Business Models Clash with Reforms
WellPoint CEO Braly resigns
Feds push MD to think big on health cost control
Health plans picked for OH Medicare, Medicaid seniors
Zero out of 512 employers plan to drop health insurance
Patients negotiate for care with cash
August 28, 2012
The Republican plan to overhaul healthcare
Aurora, IASIS Healthcare announce partnership
ICD-10 deadline keeps momentum alive, C-suite engaged
TX counties consider going it alone on Medicaid expansion
Opinion: Healthcare is all Keynesian now
Health plan chief to head MLK Jr. hospital
August 27, 2012
Affordable Care Act driving healthcare mergers
HCA Probe Reignites Questions Over Interventional Appropriateness
Some hospital networks also become insurers
HHS Finalizes ICD-10 Deadline Delay
Despite Democrats' warnings, private Medicare plans find success
Hospital pays out in scam involving work done on homeless
August 24, 2012
Final MU Stage 2 Rules Released
Proposed Medicaid fraud rules worry providers
House committee seeks IRS documents on healthcare law
Does Medicare Advantage cost less? Or does it cost more?
Advanced EHRs vs. hospital quality of care
NY's model for Medicaid managed care
UT Medicaid stops paying for hospital errors
August 23, 2012
500 PCPs Named to CMS Payer Partnership
Medicare spending forecast reduced in new CBO analysis
US hospitals: What's going on with Medicaid?
VT healthcare exchange options to vary widely
WV builds out public-private HIN
BlueCross TN to partner with Methodist Healthcare
The Military Medical Home: Leveraging the Healthcare Team for Chronic Care Management
August 22, 2012
Q&A: MA Lawmaker on Cost Containment
Budget cuts bigger risk to states than healthcare law: Moody's
Rules to help Texans avoid surprise hospital bills are pulled
US health panel likely to make HIV tests routine
August 21, 2012
Studies question medical rewards for physicians
Physician Burnout Pervasive
Health law gives Medicare fraud fighters new weapons
Few hospitals are part of ACOs, report says
Hospitals battle Medicaid rule changes over undocumented immigrants
August 20, 2012
Insurer Aetna to buy Coventry Health for $5.6B
MD, D.C. tap outside consultants to adopt changes in health law
Californians favor health law's exchanges, poll says
Major pharmacies to tout benefits of health reform law for seniors
MD hospitals push for insurers to pay Medicare and Medicaid cost shift
CA suing doctor over billing tactics
Medical Moneyball: Informatics takes pulse of medicine
Opinion: A flawed Medi-Cal fix
August 17, 2012
Healthcare Cost Growth Steamrolls CPI
CDC Urges Hep C Testing for Boomers
Medicaid fight reinvigorated with political light on healthcare
Poll finds Medicare more important to voters than healthcare reform law
CA lawmakers consider low income health program
August 16, 2012
CA Nurses Sound Alarm Over Epic EMR System
WellPoint viewed worst by hospitals as UnitedHealth improves, survey says
MS official calls for restriction of some pain meds
Opinion: How doctors could game Obamacare
August 15, 2012
Humana, FL Physicians Group Bundle Radiation Services
Obama pushes for state help on health exchanges
Horizon, Optimus join forces on NJ accountable-care organization
Hospitals treating poor hardest hit by readmissions penalties
CA nonprofit hospitals face state hearing on tax-exempt status
August 14, 2012
Medicare to penalize 2,211 hospitals for excess readmissions
Hospital chain HCA defends ER practices in second week of scrutiny
MA healthcare reform: An academic provider's perspective
Maryland: Ready, or not, for Obamacare
MA moves forward with statewide health information exchange
August 13, 2012
Governors aside, feds begin building healthcare markets
TX urgent care centers scrutinized over ER-style billing
Doctors target gun violence as a social disease
OR Health plan CEO touts reform
More Trauma Care Spending Doesn't Raise Survival Rates
August 10, 2012
Assurant cited most by U.S. for health premium increases
Cerner: 'human error' caused loss of access to patient records
MI hospitals curb use of costly, risky heart test
Soaring ointment prices are a dermatologic mystery
August 9, 2012
Cigna Plans Aggressive Expansion for ACO-like Program
States May Drop Medicaid Expansion, CMS Says
Whistleblower lawsuit alleges Florida Hospital filed millions in false claims
To stent or not to stent, that is in question
8 ACOs worth a closer look
OPM seeks more competition for employee health plans
MA med society chief: Reform means patients have to change, too
August 8, 2012
Embattled HCA reaps strong profits from CA hospitals
Healthcare costs to increase 7% for large employers
NY seeks federal waiver to 'transform' healthcare
Sebelius lauds women's care in OH
Gaps in maternity coverage for some women could grow under health law
Opinion: A Medicaid opportunity for CA
August 7, 2012
MA governor signs new healthcare cost measure
Hospital chain inquiry cited unnecessary cardiac work
MA healthcare law may hurt hospital credit ratings
FL a bellwether for Medicaid expansion
One-third of doctors wouldn't take new Medicaid patients last year, study says
Minorities hit hardest by CA hospital overcrowding, study finds
Open-door healthcare in Charlotte
August 6, 2012
Imaging Rates Scrutinized; Conclusions Mixed
Officials brace for huge task of operating health exchanges
Nursing schools brace for faculty shortage
Business administrators in CA ordered to stop making patient care decisions
Medicaid managed care program doesn't reduce fees, MA inspector general says
Patients caught in TN hospital, insurer power struggle to drive down costs
Tweeting medical bills for student healthcare coverage
August 3, 2012
CMS Releases 2013 IPPS Final Rule
BCBS Restricts Competition, Suit Charges
CA patient data outage exposes risks of electronic medical records
FL ready to revamp medicaid payments to hospitals
IL hospitals fighting new rule on Medicaid patient care
Health insurers owe nearly $74M in rebates to Californians
FL heart patient too sick for Medicare
August 2, 2012
Medicare fraud busters unveil command center
MA healthcare costs overhaul bill on its way to Gov.'s desk
Health insurance rebates may keep all premiums lower
First-year audit finds fault in for-profit hospital's finances
Struggles continue for TX doctors treating elderly poor
Blue Cross responds to Steward's attacks
Concierge medicine in CA buys more time with doctors
August 1, 2012
Unencrypted computer with patient information stolen from CT hospital
Aetna's Q2 profit falls 15 percent but 2012 forecast rises
Humana reduces 2012 forecast as Medicare costs increase