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Hospitals push age hike for Medicare
Perry condemns mandatory insurance, but TX faces coverage crisis
Some common ground for legal adversaries on healthcare
Medicare tests alternative to fraud-fighting smart card
MetroHealth to shut down 144 beds at old Deaconess Hospital
Doctor at LA clinic faces jail time for bogus cancer cures
September 29, 2011
Physicians group stops taking emergency call at 2 FL hospitals
HHS Introduces Coordinated Care Pilot for PCPs
September 28, 2011
Debt panel eyes dual Medicare/Medicaid patients
Health Insurance Premiums Top $15K for Family of 4
September 27, 2011
Supreme Court could rule on healthcare law early next year
Many docs feel they’re delivering too much care
Some fear Piedmont will be last choice
Pittsburgh has oldest Medicare population, yet Miami-area spends nearly double
20% of MA hospitals workers refuse flu shot
September 26, 2011
Obama administration must make risky healthcare decision
Berwick on CMS: 'Best job I've ever had'
Drugmaker fights Medicare pricing changes
Fewer insured patients put CT hospitals in a bind
Opinion: Why primary care is undervalued
September 23, 2011
Nurses at nearly three dozen CA hospitals strike
How one small group sets doctors' pay
Hospital drug shortages deadly, costly
Blumenthal: Electronic health records, despite flaws, make doctors better
Surgeons object to new CDC organ-screening guidelines
September 22, 2011
US firms expect healthcare costs to rise at lowest rate since 1997
Health industry lacks patient data safeguards: poll
Health care impasse muddled by physician fees
Young adults gain health insurance under new law
HHS Gives States $109M to Bolster Premium Hike Oversight
September 21, 2011
In cuts to health programs, experts see difficult task in protecting patients
Commercial payers to open $1T in claims data to researchers
Co-payments or not; Affordable Care Act may confuse consumers
Data breaches affect 2M in MA
UT health insurer offering ’medicine man’ benefit
Women's Health Services Hold 'Significant' Potential in ACOs
Groups Call for Transparency in Hospital Accreditation Survey Findings
Data Predicts Erectile Function After Cancer Treatment
IPAB to Kick In Early to Ease Impact of Medicare Cuts
September 20, 2011
Judge orders delay in civil trial over Post-Gazette news article
Opinion: Using plastic to pay Anthem bill? Prepare to lose your coverage
September 19, 2011
Doctors avoid penalties in lawsuits against medical firms alleging kickbacks, fraud
Steward CEO says low-cost insurance promotes community care
Geisinger, PA's Bloomsburg Health to Merge
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Expected to Spike
September 16, 2011
Steward Health takes insurer role
Medicare premiums drop, enrollment rises in health care law
Health Affairs: Real benefit will come later for meaningful use, CPOE
MI governor takes on health reform
Cost of hospital stay rises in MD
September 15, 2011
Medicare eligibility age needs to rise to 67, health CEOs say
As US poverty rates climb, so may health woes for the poor
Hospital staffs face calls to get flu shots
Long-term care plan alarms ignored
Contest gets doctors, patients thinking about healthcare costs
ASHHRA: Learn to Live with Lower Medicare Reimbursements
CMS Releases Medicaid RACs Final Rule
September 14, 2011
Democrats See Perils on Path to Health Cuts
Woman pleads not guilty to chemotherapy fraud charges
Mass. doctors oppose HIV privacy bill
Highmark softens low-income plan’s price hike
HHS Launches Heart Disease Prevention Campaign
CIED-Related Infections, Costs Rising
U.S. Census Finds 16.3% of Americans Uninsured
September 13, 2011
Hospital exec found guilty in NY corruption probe
Hospital workers outspend others on medical care
Fraud probe off; Ohio Valley hospitals fined $3.8M
Proposed CLIA Rules Amendment Skirts Doctors
September 12, 2011
HHS Protects Same-Sex Partners' Rights in Hospitals
WellPoint, IBM tie up for medical-data technology
NYC 9/11 rescuers experience lingering health problems
Methodist Dallas Corrective Action Plan Accepted
CMS Compromise Gives Parkland Reprieve
September 9, 2011
HHS: More than 5.4M patients affected by data breaches in 2010
TX healthcare system withering under Gov. Perry
Appeals Court Tosses VA Challenges to Health Reform Law
Weight-loss programs might save Medicare billions
September 8, 2011
Appeals Court Upholds Individual Mandate
Dollars for docs: How drug industry money reaches doctors
Drug firm payments to MA doctors declining
Healthcare costs rose while insurance coverage fell, studies show
How Medicare policy helped a stent trial recruit patients
Feds Nab 91 Suspects in Medicare Billing Schemes Totaling $295M
12 CA Hospitals Fined for Immediate Jeopardy Violations
September 7, 2011
Parkland expects CMS report by Sept. 15
CA Medical Biller to Pay $4.6M to Settle Fraud Allegations
September 6, 2011
MA legislator seeks cuts to highest health payments
Medicaid transparency push riles state officials
September 2, 2011
Healthcare Creates 1 in 5 New Jobs
Bill to regulate CA health insurance rates is shelved
Health insurers must justify rate increases under new rules
SC to reject federal HIX funds
Drug makers take new tack against generics
UnitedHealth to buy CA doc group
Antibiotic prescriptions for kids fall, but the news isn’t all good
Insurers Eye Medicare Advantage Acquisitions
Final CMS e-Prescribing Rule Eases Requirements
September 1, 2011
Florida's prescription-drug database launches
MI hospital workers' choice: Flu shots or ax