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Family of girl who needed amputations after ER delay is awarded $10M
Healthcare: The next economic crisis
Sports medicine said to overuse MRI's
CA physicians decry 10% Medicaid pay cut
How Tele-Navigation Reduces Admissions, Cuts ED Costs
October 28, 2011
Kidney broker said to use Johns Hopkins in organ-traffic case
Pills cheaper for hospitals than intravenous drugs
11 charged in L.I.R.R. disability fraud plot
HHS: Medicare Part B Costs to Drop in 2012
October 27, 2011
Doctors ask feds to review Medi-Cal rates
Cleveland MetroHealth to build $23 million health center
Big rig full of cadavers excites doctors
CA Details Bariatric Surgery Trends by Hospital
WY hospital accused of fraud by whistleblower
Big rig full of cadavers excites doctors
October 26, 2011
EMR may increase malpractice lawsuit risk
Device makers implant lots of money with hip, knee surgeons
MGMA: Patient Safety Checklists Cut Costs at Physician Practices
Healthcare Workforce Planning Techniques Lagging
October 25, 2011
ACO Final Rule: 10 Healthcare Leaders Sound Off
Medicare safety data criticized as flawed
Colonoscopy lawsuit results in $2 million award
State investigates thefts of prescription pads at hospitals
CA hospital district trying to resuscitate self
Survey reveals reasons doctors avoid online error-reporting tools
RAND retracts report on pot dispensaries and crime
Bio: Steve Jobs was a details man, even in his Memphis hospital bed
October 24, 2011
Probing the mystery of drug supply disruption
Doctors didn’t disclose spine product cancer risk in journal
Eye surgeons aim to block optometrists’ use of lasers
Out from behind the counter
ACOs Seen As Tough Sell, Despite Concessions
October 21, 2011
Free mass clinic puts emphasis on prevention
Medicare ACOs Move Closer to Commercial Model Under Final Rule
Younger docs not as pro-vaccine as older docs
Opinion: When doing nothing is the best medicine
October 20, 2011
ACO Final Rules Released
IL doc database launches online
October 19, 2011
Hospitals work to lower 30-day readmission rates
Heart failure hospital stays fall, saving billions
CDC: ER visits surged in 2009
Behind the Class Act, a numbers game
Opinion: Accepting death difficult for doctors, but needs to be done
Medicare Ratings System Largely Untapped By Seniors
HHS Floats $5B Package to Cut 'Burdensome' Hospital Regs
October 18, 2011
CMS Kicks Off Innovation Advisors Program
Deficiencies at Grady Memorial Prompt CMS Review
October 17, 2011
Opinion: How Medicare fails the elderly
LGBT patients search for healing
ACEP Fights State Medicaid Cuts in WA
ACEP Chief: ER Docs Must Look Beyond Acute Care
October 14, 2011
More Deficiencies Found at Methodist Health
IL medical board files complaint against star autism doctor
Demand is high in DC for pretend patients
October 13, 2011
AMA Ads Push for SGR Elimination
October 12, 2011
Grassley questions HRSA public database shutdown decision
October 11, 2011
AMA Asks Medicare to Start Paying Doctors for Care Coordination
AHA Lobbies Congress for 'Shared Sacrifice'
October 10, 2011
CMS, FDA to Launch Parallel Review of New Medical Devices
Hospital wars: The battle for patients in Asheville, NC
How patients think, and how they should think
October 7, 2011
Opinion: How doctors could rescue health care
US panel says no to prostate screening for healthy men
Nurses file labor action over lockout after strike
SC hospital plans to eliminate inpatient services
Family of woman who died after a medical error joins Chicago hospital’s safety panel
Swedish, Providence to join forces
Lowest Quality Care Goes to Poor, Minority Patients
October 6, 2011
Pressing for better quality across healthcare
Top medical innovation for 2012 controls high blood pressure through nerves
Drug resellers probed for marking up scarce medicine 80-fold
ONC Takes on Patient Engagement in HIT
October 5, 2011
Top 5 unnecessary healthcare costs
Deaths linked to CA doctor accused of recklessly prescribing painkillers
October 4, 2011
Operation Safety Net a model for medical care for the homeless
Home Laundry No Match for Pathogen-Infected Scrubs
Citing Medicaid Limits, ED Docs Sue WA State
October 3, 2011
Supreme Court to hear case on Medicaid rates
Shortages lead docs to ration critical drugs
CA nurses union, Alta Bates divide widens
Stuck in bed, at hospital’s expense
When the nurse wants to be called ’doctor’
Hospitals enlist help to combat painkiller thefts
Immune system discoveries win 2011 medicine Nobel
Health 2.0: eHealth Needs Hardware, Too
NCQA Pushes for Clarity in HIX Proposed Rules