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Boston tax hunt targets exempt hospitals
Boston Globe, December 10, 2008
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Hospital begs Clayton County, GA, Commission to back bond
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 10, 2008
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Philadelphia court blocks Fox Chase Cancer Center's use of park
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 10, 2008
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Louisiana hospital seeks money to build
New Orleans Times-Picayune, December 10, 2008
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Aurora Health Care to buy stake in Franklin, WI, surgical center
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, December 9, 2008
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Spotlight:
Improving Your Way to Oblivion?
Generally, people think about personal improvement in terms of cutting out smoking or other bad habits. As we enter the new year, it's a popular, if often unkept, promise people make to themselves.
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Philadelphia court blocks Fox Chase Cancer Center's use of park
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 10, 2008
Panel of judges hears appeal by Scrushy and former Alabama governor
Birmingham News/Press-Register, December 10, 2008
Judge: Denial of Novant's Clemmons, NC, hospital stands
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area, December 9, 2008
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Hospital begs Clayton County, GA, Commission to back bond
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 10, 2008
Michigan AG challenges Blue Cross' financial projections
Detroit Free Press, December 10, 2008
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Boston tax hunt targets exempt hospitals
Boston Globe, December 10, 2008
Louisiana hospital seeks money to build
New Orleans Times-Picayune, December 10, 2008
Aurora Health Care to buy stake in Franklin, WI, surgical center
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, December 9, 2008
Experian to add work for hospitals
Wall Street Journal (subscription required), December 10, 2008
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Rep. Waxman maps health agenda for next Congress
Wall Street Journal (blog), December 10, 2008
Chicago neurosurgeon being considered for U.S. Surgeon General
Chicago Tribune, December 10, 2008
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Insurers, costs spur rise in online medical records
Bloomberg, December 10, 2008
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Commentary: Employer-based health insurance plans no longer work
Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2008
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Report finds fault with U.S. health services for teens
HealthDay/Washington Post, December 10, 2008
Women less likely to get proper care for heart attacks
Houston Chronicle, December 9, 2008
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Audio:
India's Growth Story
Sangita Reddy, executive director, Apollo Hospitals Group, talks about Apollo's expansion and ability to provide care to local and international patients.
Rick Johnson, for HealthLeaders Media
December 9, 2008
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Commentary:
Buzzwords or Background Noise?
Too often, buzzwords are sound bites, signifying nothing, often told by poor managers to cover their own lack of shortcomings. But San Diego-based consultant and author Peter Stark doesn't quite see it that way.
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media
December 8, 2008
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Contributed Feature:
Are You Ready for Healthcare Reform?
Healthcare reform will likely be one of the top priorities President-elect Barack Obama and his administration tackles in the next couple of years. HealthLeaders Media contributor David Osborn discusses how U.S. hospitals can prepare for the next administration's healthcare reform policies.
David Osborn, PhD, for HealthLeaders Media
December 5, 2008
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Contributed Feature:
Preparing for the RAC: Assessing and Mitigating Financial Risk
We are all familiar with the financial success of the three-year Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project, which yielded nearly a billion dollars in improper overpayments collected from providers. Providers have appealed only 19.6% of the initial RAC determinations, and of these a mere 6.8% have been overturned. But hospitals with the foresight to prepare for the permanent RAC program by learning from the demonstration projects will be on their way to reducing financial exposure to RAC record reviews and increasing the probability of overturning RAC denials, says contributor Glenn Krauss.
Glenn Krauss, for HealthLeaders Media
December 8, 2008
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