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Healthcare CEOs Focusing on the Now
Philip Betbeze, Senior Editor-Leadership
Here's a statement that should get your attention: CEOs are less concerned about quality and patient safety this year than last year. Actually, that broad conclusion is tough to draw from the data contained in the HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey 2010, which went live on our site yesterday. But what's clear is that long-term goals are dropping in importance in favor of initiatives that can bring near-immediate returns. [Read More] |
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February 12, 2010 |
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Quality, Physician Recruiting Lower on CEOs' Priority Lists
What are the CEO's new priorities for 2010? What influences a physician's decision on tests and procedures? What do your colleagues think of the healthcare reform players? What impact has the recession had in terms of finances and morale? Answers to these and scores of questions in the new HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey 2010. [Read
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Senate Removes Medicare Payment Cut Delay from Jobs Bill
The American Medical Association got what it wanted Thursday when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) removed a provision from the Senate jobs bill. The plan, which the AMA opposed, would have extended a Medicare payment cut for seven more months. Other healthcare provisions were removed as well. [Read
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Congress Launches Inquiry into Anthem's Proposed Premium Hikes
Anthem Blue Cross's corporate parent is proposing premium hikes of as much as 39% in California and Congress wants to know why. The rate hike is more than 15 times the rate of inflation, but my guess is the insurer will testify before Congress that so-called cross subsidies are at least partly to blame. California has cut its equivalent of the Medicaid program significantly as it faces a huge budget crisis. Wellpoint, Anthem's parent company, has already blamed part of the reason for the hike on a decrease in the insurance pool from healthy individuals who have dropped coverage in the midst of the recession. Meanwhile, Wellpoint recorded a $2.7 billion profit in 2009's fourth quarter. [Read
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Comparative-effectiveness: A simple healthcare fix fizzles out
Even before Congress took up the now-stalled healthcare overhaul, it appropriated $1.1 billion to fund comparative-effectiveness studies. Both the Senate and the House included it in their versions of the bill, and President Barack Obama backed it. But an examination of one of the best-known examples of a comparative-effectiveness analysis shows how complicated the seemingly straightforward idea can get. [Read
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This Week's Headlines
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Sacramento-based Sutter Health cuts ties with longtime radiology partner
Sacramento Bee - February 11, 2010
In China, shift to privatized healthcare brings long lines and frustration
Los Angeles Times - February 11, 2010
Minnesota suing firms that sell discount health cards
Minneapolis Star Tribune - February 11, 2010
FDA Calls for Reducing Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Three Devices
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media - February 9, 2010
AHIP: Hospital Consolidation is Driving Health Costs
Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media - February 9, 2010
Fort Lauderdale-based Holy Cross Hospital partners with Mass General
South Florida Business Journal - February 10, 2010
Cigna Corp. acquires company to grow wellness business
Philadelphia Inquirer - February 10, 2010
CFO of Miami-based Jackson Health System steps down from post
Miami Herald - February 10, 2010
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Audio Feature
Reducing Costs, Not Quality: I spoke with Hackensack (NJ) Medical Center President and CEO Robert Garrett about the changing priorities of CEOs that we uncovered in the HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey 2010. We talked about the challenge of reducing costs without sacrificing quality or changing programs. Many of the things we discuss can be described as so-called low-hanging fruit, but are tough to get at. [Listen Now] |
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