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Strategies for Effective Transitions of Care
Medicare Advantage Overpayments May Top $3B
Highest healthcare pay found in CA, AK
Opinion: Feeling strain when violent patients need care
Medicare clinics see surprising shortage of Anchorage patients
UM patient data stolen
Super Bowl sanitation: "Washed up" Giants outpoint docs
January 30, 2012
Wellpoint to raise doctors' pay to increase quality of care
Mercy reorganization gives doctors more control
When health plans go high deductible
Report: Electronic health records still need work
Religious opposition to new healthcare changes
January 27, 2012
Overweight Physicians Display Bias in Obesity Care
Not-for-Profit Provider Outlook 'Negative,' Says Moody's
AK healthcare industry booming
Legislation: Docs should be able to say 'sorry'
January 26, 2012
Reducing Early Elective Births Could Save $1B Annually
For Healthcare M&A, 2011 Among Best Years
CMS nominee Tavenner gets lifetime payout
Ex HealthSouth CEO Scrushy gets 70 months
MA health reform, in 3 charts
NY hospital pays $3.5M to settle charges it improperly recruited doctors
FL hospitals bracing for more Medicaid cuts
MetroHealth reports 2011 net loss, but positive on future
WellPoint's 4Q profit drops 39 percent
Community Health inks PA deal
U of MD moves ahead with county healthcare overhaul
Jurors side with Garth Brooks in hospital naming-rights lawsuit
January 25, 2012
Senate watchdog targets high-prescribing Medicaid docs
Jackson Health System, UM headed toward 'a completely new relationship'
Highmark to spend $500M on care network
HCA hospital loses $178M judgment in FL negligence case
January 24, 2012
Hospitals hiring doctors to get ready for reform
Meth fills hospitals with burn patients
In quest to grow, Catholic hospital system pares religious ties
Cost still blocks HIE adoption, health execs say
January 23, 2012
TX doc pushing to revamp Medicare, Medicaid payment rules
FL tries to get tough on lawbreaking medical practitioners
CVS' 'blacklist' of some doctors sparks outcry, legal action
January 20, 2012
Kaiser Permanente converting to safer IV equipment
January 19, 2012
American docs question health IT's benefits
Florida Hospital, Orlando Health create plan to treat pain patients in ERs
Appendicitis racial disparities mostly unexplained
January 18, 2012
Post-Surgical Blood Clot Study Stirs Controversy
Teaching hospitals fight Medicare cuts
Confusion about tiered health plans
TX doctors lead open-notes movement
Doctors' money mistakes
January 17, 2012
U.S. to force drug firms to report money paid to doctors
EHRs linked to errors, harm, AMA says
January 13, 2012
Are Americans getting healthier?
CDC: Prescription painkiller overdoses constitute 'U.S. epidemic'
Hospital errors could become public under proposed new MO rules
Medical billing a target of fraud investigations
NY-based health clinic for 9/11 survivors expands
January 12, 2012
CIGNA, NY physician group launch accountable care initiative
Nurses take steps to battle compassion fatigue
Google helps ER docs to predict flu trends
Hospital fountain linked to Legionnaires' outbreak in WI
January 11, 2012
Hospitals cutting costs by not treating gunshot victims right away
NJ single-room surgeries to operate under same rules as hospitals, ASCs
Doctors win suit against hospital over abuse by boss
Gateway Society to reverse decline in black men entering medical school
A 'Star Trek'- inspired $10M X Prize for revolutionizing healthcare
Happy birthday, New England Journal of Medicine!
Nudging Physicians Toward Accountability
January 10, 2012
Drug reps soften their sales pitches
More patient data risks, lawsuits predicted in 2012
The challenges of a rural physician
January 9, 2012
Jewish Hospital, CHI to merge without University Hospital
The virtual anatomy, ready for dissection
CT law nixing legitimate malpractice lawsuits
TX Methodist Hospital chief will still see patients
Healthcare Created 314K Jobs in 2011
10 Hospital Technologies to Watch Carefully
January 6, 2012
Opinion: How doctors die
Judge delays release of Highmark-West PA affiliation
130 Doctors Without Borders staff disappear in Sudan
January 5, 2012
Lawsuit accuses company of fraudulently cycling patients through hospice care
New year, new deals? Breaking down health plan, doctor alliances
US Senator targets drug shortages, "gray market" hoarding
In tight times, medical schools market themselves
ACP Issues Revised Ethics Manual
LSU hospitals hit with a $29M budget cut
January 4, 2012
Study: Drug research routinely suppressed
Drug companies reduce payments to doctors as scrutiny mounts
Top 12 Healthcare Quality Concerns in 2012
Stress, Focus Buoy Healthcare Leaders
January 3, 2012
Nowhere to go, patients linger in hospitals, at a high cost
When nurses catch compassion fatigue, patients suffer
Leadership shift at Reading (PA) Hospital gives doctors more say
CMS's Proposed Hospital Staffing Revisions Get Cool Reception
Top 12 Healthcare Buzzwords for 2012