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Hospital observation units could save billions in health costs
MD Blues chief blasts plan to shift hospital costs to insurers
SD declines to set up health insurance exchange
For ACOs, IT startup costs top $1M
Medical devices vulnerable to hacking need oversight
HCA plans could create 2,000 jobs
Opinion: Modest payment redistribution means quality program is working
5 IT tips for state health insurance exchanges
Ashland hospital, Dignity Health boards OK merger
1 in 3 Providers Avoid Flu Shots as Stakes Rise
Opinion: Access to healthcare beginning to look like airline travel
September 27, 2012
Personalized Cancer Treatments Approach Tipping Point
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
Patient-generated mobile data improves clinical care
Knee replacements double as aging patients stay active
Patients may suffer as doctors switch practices, health systems
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
Opinion: Big fish eats little fish—warning for rural hospitals
September 25, 2012
US warning to hospitals on Medicare bill abuses
Romney: Uninsured can seek care in ER
Drug Shortages: 10 Ethics Rules for Hospitals
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
Accountable care: IT gets us only halfway there
When surgeons leave objects behind
Rural MN retools healthcare in hospital mergers
Trauma centers springing up as profits rise
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
New system for patients to report medical mistakes
Class-action lawsuit eyed in hepatitis C cases against Exeter Hospital
Prices soar as NC nonprofit hospitals dominate cancer market
Family Physicians Rap 'Stopgap' Use of Nurse Practitioners
NCQA Offers ACO Accreditation Review
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
Primary care is next frontier for elite med schools
Doctors found to lack trust in drug company studies
September 21, 2012
MLR Bill Passes House Committee
HCA Investigations No Harm to its Finances
Hospitals grab at least $1B in extra fees for ER visits
MD Anderson center launches all-out push against 8 cancers
Hospital operator MedCath filing paperwork to dissolve
AZ sues McKesson over inflated drug prices
Florida Hospital, UCF affiliation in danger?
Competing ME hospital merger plan seeks to avoid 'medical arms race'
Group Health CFO resigns; layoffs on the horizon
University Hospital partner decision delayed again (KY)
Healthcare be a focal point in economy for years to come
Trying to go it alone in rural healthcare
September 20, 2012
MLR Waiver Bill Would Shift Power to States
DOJ: HCA settles feds' complaint for $16.5M
Judge dismisses Prime Healthcare antitrust lawsuit
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
NorthShore, Mayo Clinic in multiyear pact
Patients at teaching hospitals don't fare worse when residents come on board
Let's make a deal: Lessons learned from hospital mergers
Contra Costa County doctors air complaints about new $45M computer system
USF forms health system, announces partnership
Boston Children's Hospital cuts 255 jobs, lays off 45 staffers
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
Health information exchanges struggle to prove ROI
The IRS and healthcare: A heavy lift
Vanguard-Tufts entity could partner or purchase
Nashville General mulls halting inpatient services
Lines drawn differently in Southeast Louisiana Hospital debate
Filipino nurses win language discrimination settlement
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
Physician Alignment Strategies to Counter Uncertainty
Urgent care centers are booming, which worries some doctors
Hospital boom continues in KY
Emory, Southern Regional reach deal
UMMC will become a teaching hospital in bid to recruit primary care doctors
3 in 10 Surgery Residents Need Remediation
Marin General seeks comment on $500M rebuild
HIPAA: Another big fine after a small breach
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
$11B in Looming Medicare Cuts Detailed
CO gets closer to essential health benefit benchmark
Doctors, others billing Medicare at higher rates
Judge blocks MS healthcare challenge
Omaha hospital in tough competition for deliveries
Recast Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI as nonprofit, says gov
As hospitals take over doctors' practices, fees rise
Nurses union challenges NJ hospital's staffing strategy
NIH superbug claims 7th victim
September 14, 2012
Fairview billing practices violated fed law, regulators say
Sebelius violated Hatch Act, OSC concludes
OR governor seeks to expand coordinated care organizations
Medicaid reform effort in CO shows promising savings
COPD patients with low health literacy fare worse
Hospitals to Congress: Drop Payment Cap Proposal
CA political watchdog to investigate health district conflicts
Unions voice opposition to Jackson ER privatization proposal
WellPoint's high-tech reboot
NCH Healthcare outsourcing 224 employees
Slideshow: How to Open an Urgent Care Center
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
Prosecution of doctor in overdose cases worries physicians
U of Miami hospital confirms second patient info breach this year
Providers seek consulting firms for smaller EHR projects
University Hospitals ER's online service lets patients wait in line at home
When doc's office is open longer, patient costs dip
Medicaid payments to doctors going up next month
September 12, 2012
$1B in Premium Rate Increases Rejected
Leaders Speak Out on Value of VBP
New medical care networks show savings
ONC drops pursuit of NwHIN governance
Another six-figure payout at Parkland, another requirement for silence
Whistle-blower lawsuit alleges All Children's overpaid doctors
IT critical to new health learning system
Community paramedics, one solution to growing rural doctor shortage
LSU hospitals start process to look for investors
Doctors ask Corona hospital CEO to resign
Sarasota Memorial considers partnership to cut costs
Opinon: The Cheesecake Factory isn't healthcare's answer
September 11, 2012
'Dirty bomb' threat at hospitals remains
Blood Infections Plunge 40% Under Safety Protocol
Slideshow: 10 Healthcare IT Predictions
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
Consumers drive past rural TN hospitals for care
Yale-New Haven acquiring Hospital of St. Raphael
Care New England, Memorial sign letter of intent on merger
September 10, 2012
Nonprofit Hospitals Shifting Investment Portfolios
Romney health plan to keep pre-existing condition coverage
Physician Fee Proposal Generates Calls for Changes
More young adults have insurance after healthcare law
Northwestern Memorial expands into Chicago suburbs
NY doctors, insurer try to change primary care
MedFlight records show malfunctions
Plans for TX medical campus going forward despite lawsuit
September 7, 2012
Solid HCAHPS Scores Only a Start
IOM Urges 10 Major Healthcare Fixes
Dems embrace Obama health law
Medication alert fatigue is curable
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'
The fraying hospital safety net
FL trauma care fight with HCA goes to appeals court
Blue Hill hospital buyout plan announced to avoid layoffs
Aetna sues Jacksonville, says city's insurance provider improperly picked
September 6, 2012
OPPS Comments Focus on Observation Status
Stop Ignoring Low Quality Ratings
Ascension Health announces agreement to buy 36-hospital system
Opinion: Orszag on healthcare goal
Under ME 'market-based' healthcare, young people pay less, older people pay more
Baptist Healthcare acquires hospital, rebrands
NY hospital to pay $13.4M in Medicare-Medicaid scam
MA physician group leaves Partners to link up with Steward Health Care
6 Hudson Valley hospitals to create alliance
Infection control, staffing shortfalls found at Manatee Memorial
LSU healthcare shake-up continues with new interim head of public hospitals
September 5, 2012
Halt Interventional Radiology Turf Wars
Informed Decision Tools Largely Reduce Ortho Joint Surgeries
Sebelius delivers defense of health insurance reform
Medicare reimbursement incentive less than effective
Tampa Bay trauma hospitals gear up for court fight with HCA
Lawmakers allow two CA hospitals to expand cardiac procedures to outpatient buildings
Duke, LifePoint to pump $350M in Marquette General
Loosening health insurance rules in ME produces mixed results
Tax breaks for organ donors aren't boosting transplant supply
CalPERS saves $37M as medical groups coordinate healthcare
For physicians and patients, time is the best medicine
BIMC shook down heiress Huguette Clark for $13M, relatives say
September 4, 2012
Not-for-Profit Hospitals Show Stability in a Challenging Market
Banner Health, AZ Blues Partner in Medicare Health Plan
HHS awards new grants for healthcare co-ops
MA hospitals and doctor group to create state's only member-owned health plan
CEOs say health merger means lower cost, better care
Parkland, Department of State Health reach $1M settlement
Oregon's largest CCO ready for launch
Crackdown on CA small-business self-insurance faces delay
Some late-day surgeries as safe as earlier ones
Forget Marcus Welby: Today's docs want a real life