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House Republican leader says Obama’s Medicare nominee ’eminently qualified’
Radiologists highlight adverse events disclosure at RSNA 2011
Panel urges sharp change for hospitals in Brooklyn
Why can't patients see their EHR data?
PA lawmakers threaten to intervene in dispute between hospital, insurer
Prison doctors, barred from seeing patients, collect full pay
CEO bonuses at NY nonprofit hospitals unhealthy?
$538 hospital bill triggers legal action
India eye care center finds middle way to capitalism
Startup looks to cash in on health software ’gold rush’
No more free infant formula at RI hospitals
Opinion: Donald Berwick bows out
November 29, 2011
Parkland names Royer interim CEO
Congress again faces 'doc fix' for Medicare
Drug shortages force Cleveland hospitals to carefully manage supplies
Docs: Highmark, UPMC should smooth transition
Rush hospital designed to treat infectious threats
One in 10 stent patients readmitted within a month
Jackson Health System outsources a service for $37.5M
CA hospital’s heart diagnoses surge after pay changed
Geriatric doctor doesn’t shy from tough talk
MA ’alarm fatigue’ suit settled
Medical database linked to better hospital care
November 28, 2011
Healthcare case brings fight over which Supreme Court justices should decide it
CMS' Berwick resigns in the face of Republican opposition
Opinion: Donald Berwick's resignation and the triumph of the bland
Cleveland Clinic, others say patients need more financial help
Doctors, hospitals go into business as equals
IL doctor profiles prove popular online
Labor tensions mount at Jackson Health System
NJ nurses charge religious discrimination over hospital abortion policy
Push for hospitals to buy new defibrillators criticized
ER building boom is wrong prescription, critics say
November 23, 2011
How Sequestration Will Reduce Health Care Spending
Emergency docs warn of challenges in new payment models
Jackson Health System board meets privately
November 22, 2011
Supercommittee announces failure in effort to tame debt
For Deficit Panel, Failure Cuts Two Ways
Hospital chain aims to exit real estate business
November 21, 2011
Debt supercommittee members brace for failure
Health-care groups laying groundwork for post-election debate over cost cuts
Opinion: The conservative case for healthcare reform's individual mandate
The Walmart opportunity: Can retailers revamp primary care?
Hospitals worry about cuts
MGH to begin replacing hands
MT healthcare workers defend payments from drug companies
'The Betty Ford Clinic of Cincinnati'
Hospitals try to find savings, cut unnecessary care
GA panel looks into health insurance exchange
November 18, 2011
Theft of data on 4M patients part of wider problem
Cost of employee health benefits up 6.7%, Mercer survey says
Supreme Court's planned review of healthcare law shocks Medicaid advocates
A conversation many doctors won’t have
MetroHealth, Cuyahoga County coming to terms on jail medical services
Medicare unveils $1B healthcare innovation challenge
CHIME debuts HIE guide
One third of nation's PCPs enrolled in health IT extension centers
Rural Kansas hospitals in danger of closing
UK design thinking aims to reduce violence in ER
November 17, 2011
UPMC wants to air Highmark pact
Smokers' surcharge on health insurance gains momentum
Sutter Health says patient data was stolen
MA gov. sees healthcare consuming 40% of next state budget
Mercy preserves jobs of Joplin employees
San Francisco's universal health plan rests on unstable funding
ER closures hit minorities, poor hardest
How secure are your clinicians' mobile devices?
Miami VA hospital chief out in colonoscopy scandal
A little electronic help for docs helps hospitals, study shows
Opinion: Don't regulate EHRs like cars
November 16, 2011
AMA hammers out positions in changing market
Don’t stop implementation plans because AMA opposes ICD-10
Feds place UPMC transplant program on probation
Obama shift on insurance mandate may be health bill’s undoing
C-SPAN seeks to air Supreme Court healthcare arguments
Medicare costs: More or less?
MA Blue Cross flap with Tufts Medical Center escalates
OMB: 'Aggressive' use of IT cuts $17.6B in waste, fraud, and abuse
Cleveland's MetroHealth endorses tighter policy for hiring consultants
More surgeries, costs after CT angiography
CA voters OK tax to keep hospital open
November 15, 2011
Deficit cutters target upper-income Medicare beneficiaries
Doctors paid for heart tests order more
Scalia, Thomas dine with healthcare law challengers
Search for 'Highmark' on Web and you'll get UPMC ads
Surgeons to try deep-chilling trauma patients to save them
Cancer doctors score low on pain management: study
Top 5 roadblocks HIEs face
Aetna to cut co-pays for heart patients to increase drug use
More hospitals can safely unclog arteries
Scorpion anti-venom has stinging cost
November 14, 2011
Supreme Court takes up challenge to health care reform law
Health law puts focus on limits of federal power
Veterans to create world's largest medical database
Problems persist with Medicare fraud contractors
Red tape hampers care for dual eligibles
MD state health program promotes care for whole patient
Readmission penalties cut deeper at urban hospitals
Finances strain marriage between Jackson, U. of Miami
Lawsuit: Advocates say Medicare patients getting hospitalized without admitting them
ERs tend to be gunfire-free zones
Small-town physician relocates, leaving behind debts, lawsuit
Stolen mummy to return home to UM medical school
November 11, 2011
5 big questions before Supreme Court on health reform law
Journalism groups, Obama administration clash over restrictions on doctor data
MD stent doctor sentenced to federal prison
Seeking a cure for troubled hospitals in Brooklyn
CMS says new analytics are model for future fraud and abuse system
Steward lures 150 doctors tied to Beth Israel
Med schools neglect gay and gender issues
IL mammogram providers to be paid more if they submit quality data
Gunman wounds nurse, guard at Bronx Hospital
OH Issue 3 won’t have a big impact on healthcare in the short term, experts say
November 10, 2011
Federal database on doctors is available again
Mostashari assures patient safety plan sooner than 12 months
Wal-Mart considers expanding healthcare services at its clinics
Radiologist tells FDA to change mammography rules
KY healthcare group may get $83M in hospital merger
Progress on health data exchange specs
Commission: MA should be able to reject above-norm health prices
Expert tells Congress EMRs rarely encrypted
CO hospitals bring $18.8B in economic activity to state
OH voters say no to health insurance mandates
November 9, 2011
Health law survives test in appeals court
Panel emphasizes safety in digitization of health records
IL declines to investigate vast majority of hospital complaints
EHR vendors endorse medical error reporting system
MD to increase primary care health workforce by 25%
More employers question need to offer insurance
Feds give GA insurers more time to comply with healthcare law
Details of Highmark-West Penn Allegheny agreement released
Tying hospital payments to patient satisfaction
Frist sees growth opportunities in Chinese hospitals
November 8, 2011
Medicaid cost cuts planned
Study raises questions about 'bundling' to pay docs
Quality metrics alone don’t improve healthcare outcomes
Trinity HealthCare cuts mortality rate with new app platform
Poor economy may be coloring views of nation's health
Intern gap frustrates clinicians in training
Test for hospital budgets: Are the patients pleased?
Opinion: After ER care in Canada, differences from US approach evident
Docs' manners can affect patient outcomes
November 7, 2011
Highmark deal would make it healthcare pioneer
States worried they’ll bear the brunt of anger over health law’s shortcomings
Low-income state workers begin to gain access to CHIP
Thousands of X-rays stolen from MD hospital
Raising Medicare age could lead to higher costs
Business rationale developed to meet medical need
Merger mania: Louisville hospitals part of U.S. surge
Nationwide geriatrician shortage to worsen as boomers age
A scramble to shape the new health insurance exchanges
Healthcare trains its sights on controlling costs
Thrift store enables NE hospital to thrive
November 4, 2011
Will the Supreme Court carve up Obamacare?
FDA, hoping to stave off critics, points to increased drug approvals
House Oversight member demands ’gray marketer’ respond to drug price-gouging probe
Hospitals fall short on MU
Medicare beneficiaries sue U.S. over hospital stays
Jackson Memorial Hospital plans to go to all private rooms
RI hospital CEO discusses apology to actor for brother's ER death
Eisenhower Medical Center losses spur credit-rating downgrades
Insurance penalties for smokers draw wide support
MA health leaders say they can control costs themselves
November 3, 2011
Health guideline panels struggle with conflicts of interest
ONC delays permanent EHR certifiers’ program
CA hospitals sue state, HHS to block Medi-Cal cuts
HIMSS: 41% of US hospitals ready for meaningful use
Nursing CIOs play greater role
FDA approves innovative, non-invasive heart valve
Solantic to open a second headquarters in Nashville
VA psychiatrist faces federal charges in HIPAA case
Chicago physician works nutrition into patients’ checkups
HealthGrades merges with monitoring firm CPM
November 2, 2011
Hospitals to see 1.9% jump in Medicare outpatient fees in 2012
Opinion: 10 Reasons the Super Committee should cut Medicare
Highmark, WPAHS announce agreement; ER to reopen
Health insurer rebate exemptions would cost WI consumers
Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow to retire after 20 years at helm
NIST: Make EHRs more user-friendly
Docs use Google for health information
Suit claims black nurses kept from white clients
Penn surgeons describe double hand transplant
Essay: Finding inspiration in a doctor's legacy
November 1, 2011
Obama orders FDA to zero in on drug shortage crisis
Few hospitals qualify for digital funds
Fed funding cuts threaten MA’s 2006 health law, hospitals
CHIME: Life after CPOE, EHR go-live
EHR training: Are your doctors fully prepped?
Miami diabetics 'ground zero' for troubled Jackson Health
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center cited for safety violations
MetroHealth’s security force issues parking tickets without authority
Long-ailing UMC aims to alter image, add revenue
Supreme Court to weigh case of false testimony