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For hospitals and insurers, new fervor to cut costs
Individual health policies fall short, study finds
Houston doctor blames agencies in Medicare scam
Katie Beckett, whose case led to coverage of children’s home care, dies in Iowa
May 23, 2012
TN Health System Charts Its Own Course
How Rivals Built an ACO
For privately insured Americans, doctors, surgery, drugs cost more in 2010
$628M in MA health cost control initiatives approved
Opinion: Medicare and Medicaid—when two is not better than one
BlueCross deal aims to simplify medical billing
May 22, 2012
A long view on healthcare: Think like an investor
Dialysis chain DaVita acquires HealthCare Partners
Physician to pay in Medicare settlement
Patients aren't great at figuring out if they got excellent medical care
Hospitals prepare for a plus-size future
May 21, 2012
Data trove may shed light on healthcare uncertainties
ICD-10 Coding Uncovers Higher Rate of Fatal Falls Among Seniors
Medicare quality ratings for private plans questioned by critics
MA hospitals mobilize on health cost bill
Implementing health reform: The premium tax credit final rule
Community health clinics challenged as poor increase
May 18, 2012
Parkland Hospital Improving, but ED Deficiencies Persist
'Uninsurable' patients could lose coverage if the healthcare law is overturned
Banner Health, Aetna reach for ACO gold
D.C. Archdiocese, Georgetown spar over Sebelius speech
May 17, 2012
HHS Exchange Funding Tops $1B
OIG Uncovers Flaws in CMS Processes, Programs
Insurers to lose $1 trillion if health law struck down
Taxes lurk behind court test of Obama health law
Immigration status a health policy challenge
Opinion: When competitive bidding hurts patients
May 16, 2012
MA Gov defends near-universal healthcare
IL Gov may order start of health insurance exchange
Aetna Building National ACO Network
Healthcare Costs Top $20K Per Family
May 15, 2012
Berwick on MA healthcare reform: More pain, more gain
Nurse practitioners say TX should cut unneeded limits on their Rx powers
Opinion: Health insurance expansion looming, primary care turf battle heats up
Not retiring at 65: Physician goes from anti-EHR to pro-ACO
May 14, 2012
Florida Blue Launches Oncology ACO
Highmark seeks rate hikes
Employers shift more health costs to workers
As U.S. argues over healthcare, nations embrace global coverage
CA healthcare providers reach out for EHR help
MN hospital visited by investigators in wake of Accretive furor
Comparative Analysis: Why Your Benchmark May Be Off the Mark
May 11, 2012
Suspicious Medicare bills found at 2,600 U.S. pharmacies
Unintended consequence for dialysis patients as drug rule changes
NJ gov vetoes bill creating health insurance exchange
WellStar limits access to cardiac-cath labs
Bill that would help curb drug shortages headed for vote
Recalculating the health bill in McAllen, TX
PA Hospital CEO Breached Fiduciary Duty, Suit Alleges
CMS Cuts Red Tape, Providers to Save $5B
May 10, 2012
High-cost Medicare hospitals identified
Opinion: What is Medicare 'double counting' and why are budget experts fighting over it?
United Healthcare makes its pitch in region steeped in uncertainty
Hospital rates jump across Washington region
Accretive Health may farm out debt-collection work
Hospitals Turn Up the Heat on Outpatient Centers
Medicaid Reimbursement Rate Hike Proposed
Senators launch investigation of prescription narcotics
May 9, 2012
Healthcare for Congress examined
Doctor, UPMC to part ways over his deals with Highmark
Medicare fraud lawsuit targets Parkland hospital, UT Southwestern doctors
No more 'pill-now, pay-later' at Utah hospitals
May 8, 2012
Healthways Puts Focus on Providers
Healthcare access to erode if law struck down, study says
Bigger hospitals drive cost increases
Opinion: How to fix our enormous, inefficient healthcare system
Highmark-UPMC deal could carry higher costs
Poorest no longer to pay highest price at CO hospitals
May 7, 2012
Medical billing: Error-prone system is headache for insurers, providers, patients
Virtual doctors visits catch on with insurers, employers
Blue Cross MA plan targets abuse of painkillers
West Penn Allegheny doesn't control destiny in wake of Highmark-UPMC contract
Opinion: Hospital association "declares war" on patient empowerment
Hospital sale takes on deeper meaning
Maine's hospitals double free care over 5 years
May 4, 2012
Disruptions seen for Medicare provider payments if Supreme Court strikes down healthcare law
Highmark says it will drop lawsuit against UPMC
Governor saves Oregon budget and his reputation in healthcare deal with Obama administration
Regulators eye insurance maneuver to cut healthcare costs
May 3, 2012
Medicare's 'No-Pay' HAI Policy Reshifts Hospital Priorities
Highmark, UPMC reach agreement until 2015
108 charged with Medicare fraud; bogus claims hit $455M
Big changes coming at Ohio Medicaid
Medicare to cover Edwards Sapien heart valve
May 2, 2012
CMS Plan Would Tie Efficiency Scores to Hospital Payments
MA payment-reform bill would overhaul how healthcare providers are paid
Humana says US Attorney asked about FL claims
ARH hospital chain seeks emergency injunction against Medicaid contractor
Hospitals could face rate freeze in MD
Nurses staging walkouts at Sutter Hospitals
May 1, 2012
In fight over Obama health law, a front in MN
Opinion: Tax man cometh for hospitals that flout charity-care mission
Lawsuit targets Indiana's largest hospital group
Humana reports 21 percent drop in 1Q profit
Obesity adds $190B in health costs