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MD Blues chief blasts plan to shift hospital costs to insurers
SD declines to set up health insurance exchange
Opinion: Modest payment redistribution means quality program is working
5 IT tips for state health insurance exchanges
Opinion: Access to healthcare beginning to look like airline travel
Health Insurers Betting on Urgent Care Centers
September 27, 2012
Rounds: Will Health Systems Do Anything About Health?
Health law will be implemented, most say in poll
Ex-NY hospital CEO charged with taking vendor kickbacks
Knee replacements double as aging patients stay active
HIMSS asks Congress for patient identity system—again
Opinion: MD healthcare reform—caring about costs, too
Comparing training for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, doctors
Minnesotans burdened by healthcare cost more than nation
Michigan HIE to span one-third of state
September 26, 2012
6 in 10 Physicians Would Quit Today
Hospitals: Feds share billing blame
Health insurance costs speeding up
AR gov changes course on healthcare
Antibiotic Use, Costs Show Wide Regional Variations
AZ Medicaid program needs to improve fraud, abuse investigations
Branding healthcare exchanges to make the sale
Parkland hospital's board formally OKs $1M settlement
UT health info database failing to deliver
Feds want wider use of health records applet
UMass Memorial Medical Center to cut 140 full-time jobs
September 25, 2012
US warning to hospitals on Medicare bill abuses
Romney: Uninsured can seek care in ER
Premiums rose sharply in Medicare drug plans
Behind uninsured numbers, a diminishing sense of urgency
Health insurers begin to provide user-friendly plan guides
Wendell Potter: Dangers of 'captured' regulators
Consumer Reports Names Top-Ranked Health Plans
September 24, 2012
Liking it or not, states prepare for health law
Romney Medicare plan: Key details still in flux
Obama Medicare plan: No voucher but maybe a bill
IL hospitals protect tax-exempt status in Medicaid legislation
Cedars-Sinai and UCLA cut from Los Angeles health plan
Hospital officials say finances not a motive behind proposed Parkview takeover
September 21, 2012
MLR Bill Passes House Committee
Hospitals grab at least $1B in extra fees for ER visits
Healthcare be a focal point in economy for years to come
September 20, 2012
MLR Waiver Bill Would Shift Power to States
Healthcare a Seedbed for Analytics Research
OK AG revises healthcare suit, aims to block ACA taxes, subsidies
6M projected to owe healthcare tax in 2016
Medicare Advantage enrollment to rise 11 percent
September 19, 2012
How to Make a Medical Home Deliver
Joint Commission 'Top Performers' List Adds 200 Hospitals
House panel readies bill to alter health law's medical loss ratio
Peter Orszag: Ryan's proposal would shrink Medicare's doctor pool
UnitedHealthcare pays forfeiture to WI
The IRS and healthcare: A heavy lift
Lines drawn differently in Southeast Louisiana Hospital debate
LA health groups sue Insurance Commissioner over Hurricane Isaac action
September 18, 2012
Analyst sees overhaul-driven hospital margin help
How doctors and hospitals have collected billions in questionable Medicare fees
September 17, 2012
US, state officials in stealth mode on health exchanges
CA tries to guide the way on health law
How Mobile Technologies Fuel TeleHealth Advances
CO gets closer to essential health benefit benchmark
Doctors, others billing Medicare at higher rates
Judge blocks MS healthcare challenge
Recast Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI as nonprofit, says gov
September 14, 2012
Sebelius violated Hatch Act, OSC concludes
OR governor seeks to expand coordinated care organizations
Medicaid reform effort in CO shows promising savings
Hospitals to Congress: Drop Payment Cap Proposal
WellPoint's high-tech reboot
September 13, 2012
Medicare Cuts Threaten 766K Healthcare Jobs, Groups Say
Uninsured Rate Shrinking, Census Data Shows
Millions more eligible under Medicaid, but state rates vary
Shands Jacksonville suffers $20M operating loss
NJ hospitals spent less to treat uninsured last year, but reported amounts vary
University Hospitals ER's online service lets patients wait in line at home
Medicaid payments to doctors going up next month
September 12, 2012
$1B in Premium Rate Increases Rejected
New medical care networks show savings
Whistle-blower lawsuit alleges All Children's overpaid doctors
LSU hospitals start process to look for investors
September 11, 2012
Wendell Potter: Maine's healthcare fantasy
Questions raised about the future of MA hospitals
Highmark offers cheaper, UPMC-free plan
Fumbled DNA tests, adverse events for breast-cancer patients
IL physician group still feuding with Anthem, WellPoint
CT healthcare bundled payment model was tough sell
September 10, 2012
Romney health plan to keep pre-existing condition coverage
Medical debt in MA persists
Physician Fee Proposal Generates Calls for Changes
More young adults have insurance after healthcare law
Two U of Miami Hospital employees may have stolen, sold patient data
NY doctors, insurer try to change primary care
September 7, 2012
IOM Urges 10 Major Healthcare Fixes
Dems embrace Obama health law
The great Medicare cost-control experiment begins
SC's view: Medicaid expansion is the wrong approach
CA primary care direct model: 'Neither insurance nor health plan'
Aetna sues Jacksonville, says city's insurance provider improperly picked
September 6, 2012
OPPS Comments Focus on Observation Status
Opinion: Orszag on healthcare goal
Under ME 'market-based' healthcare, young people pay less, older people pay more
NY hospital to pay $13.4M in Medicare-Medicaid scam
MA physician group leaves Partners to link up with Steward Health Care
Infection control, staffing shortfalls found at Manatee Memorial
September 5, 2012
Informed Decision Tools Largely Reduce Ortho Joint Surgeries
Sebelius delivers defense of health insurance reform
Medicare reimbursement incentive less than effective
Loosening health insurance rules in ME produces mixed results
September 4, 2012
Banner Health, AZ Blues Partner in Medicare Health Plan
HHS awards new grants for healthcare co-ops
Retirees may find fewer doctors in rural areas
CEOs say health merger means lower cost, better care
MA hospitals and doctor group to create state's only member-owned health plan
Oregon's largest CCO ready for launch
Crackdown on CA small-business self-insurance faces delay