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Rising Healthcare Costs Hurting Industries with Most Employer-Sponsored Insurance
Health bill would cut drug spending for many on Medicare, budget office says
Poll: Americans more confident on healthcare costs
August 28, 2009
Is HIPAA's New Harm Threshold Good News or Bad?
Medicaid System to Detect Fraud, Waste, and Abuse is Full of Holes
Medicare Addresses Payment Concerns Related to H1N1
August 27, 2009
Seniors' Healthcare Costs Soar, Even With Inflation Adjustment
Covenant Medical Center Pays $4.5M to Settle Stark Law Violations
Hospitals may benefit under healthcare reform
August 26, 2009
First Approved Issues for RAC Review in Region B Posted
Latest CBO Estimates Show Need to Tackle Rising Healthcare Costs
Millions May Be Overspent on Purchases Based on Physician Preference
Announcing the 2009 Top Leadership Teams in Healthcare
WellStar, Aetna reach agreement
Care costs for undocumented immigrants stack up
August 24, 2009
Casa Olga Intermediate Care Facility to close
Healthcare insurers get upper hand
Senate Democrats consider tactic to push through government health plan
August 21, 2009
No Health Reform Plan Features Major Medicare Changes
Taxing Health Benefits Would Hurt Poor Working Families More Than The Rich
Key senators discuss trimming health bill
August 20, 2009
In New Jersey, testing a new doctor-pay method
August 19, 2009
OIG Audits Find More Providers Overcharging Medicare
Hospital Finances Rebounding
The next healthcare battle: Cutting Medicare Advantage
Democrats seem set to go it alone on a health bill
Hospital finances showing a rebound
Health co-ops' fans like cost and care, but successful models still rare
Tackling the mystery of how much healthcare costs
August 18, 2009
Inspector General Fines Three Hospitals, One Doctor, and a DME Firm
Medicare Distributes $12 Million in Bonuses for Hospital Quality Initiative
Lack of Medicare appointee puzzles Congress
Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial seeks OK for $73 million project
Is economic growth back?
August 17, 2009
And the U.S. M&A winner is . . . healthcare
Healthcare's big money wasters
Miami Man Pleads Guilty in $123 million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Medicare test pays for hospital performance
August 14, 2009
Obama proposal to create Medicare panel meets with resistance
Senators investigate hospital purchasing
Massachusetts-based Partners Healthcare showing signs of recovery
Healthcare credit cards causing some pain
End-of-life provision loses favor
August 13, 2009
New RAC Web Site Tells Hospitals What to Expect for Audits
State Medicaid Fraud Control Units Recovered $1.3 billion in 2008
Dakotas hospitals: Merger will not mean layoffs
August 12, 2009
Kaiser Permanente to cut more than 1,800 jobs in California
California woman gets eight years in prison for recruiting patients for unnecessary surgeries
Medical space real estate sector remains healthy
August 11, 2009
12 Ways Health Reform May Improve Care and Save Costs
Prevention May Prove Costly
Texas Health Resources lays off 33 workers
August 10, 2009
TennCare has new way to pursue crooked providers
Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals get stable bond ratings from Standard & Poor's
Lifepoint Hospitals misses expectations in 2Q
Democrats say no to cost cap for drug makers
Safety Net Hospitals Improved Quality with Pay-for-Performance Incentives
A primer on the details of healthcare reform
Tax on high-end health plans threatens wider group
August 7, 2009
Connecticut hospitals announce plans to affiliate
Senators hear concerns over costs of health proposal
August 6, 2009
Tulare Healthcare Settles Fraud Case for $2.4 Million
Blue Island, IL-based MetroSouth Medical Center boosted by investments
White House affirms deal on drug cost
August 5, 2009
Voters Reject Deficit Spending for Healthcare Reform
Health lobbyists blitz Congress
Medicare to cap home health payments amid rampant fraud
To ensure they get paid, doctors seek entire bill for patient share upfront
August 4, 2009
RAC Audits Have Arrived
EDs Can't Sustain Care in Current Economic Environment
Rural hospital hinging future on federal incentive
Obama gives powerful drug lobby a seat at healthcare table
August 3, 2009
CMS' IPPS Final Rule Not as Bad as Feared
CMS Announces Payment Rate Cuts for Skilled Nursing Facilities
Dallas region ranks among top U.S. spenders for healthcare, leading hospitals, insurers to seek cures for rising costs
Agencies seek to use stimulus funds to find cheaper healthcare