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Fairview job cuts are latest for Minneapolis-area healthcare
Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 7, 2008
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Split verdict in Providence hospital corruption case
Providence Journal, October 7, 2008
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Healthcare provides shot in the arm to Florida counties
Orlando Sentinel, October 6, 2008
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Cuyahoga County (OH) workers offered a cost-cutting deal at MetroHealth System
Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 6, 2008
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CMS announces permanent RAC contractors
Dominic Nicastro, for The RAC Report, October 6, 2008
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Spotlight:
The Year of the Deal
Two unusual acquisitions mark a period of transformation at nonprofit Novant Health.
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Fairview job cuts are latest for Minneapolis-area healthcare
Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 7, 2008
Healthcare provides shot in the arm to Florida counties
Orlando Sentinel, October 6, 2008
Cuyahoga County (OH) workers offered a cost-cutting deal at MetroHealth System
Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 6, 2008
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin design not kid stuff
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, October 7, 2008
Ground broken on new hospital in Plainsboro, NJ
Newark Star-Ledger, October 6, 2008
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Split verdict in Providence hospital corruption case
Providence Journal, October 7, 2008
Florida hospital blamed in newborn's near-drowning
St. Petersburg Times, October 7, 2008
Long wait in Dallas hospital ER may have cost ex-restaurateur his life
Dallas Morning News, October 6, 2008
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CMS announces permanent RAC contractors
Dominic Nicastro, for The RAC Report, October 6, 2008
Medicare expands its crackdown on fraud
USA Today, October 7, 2008
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Phoenix facility signs agreement with Vietnamese hospital
Phoenix Business Journal, October 7, 2008
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Business cool toward McCain's health coverage plan
New York Times, October 7, 2008
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More Milwaukee health systems moving to electronic health records
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, October 7, 2008
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Health takes a hit as economy creates more stress
USA Today, October 7, 2008
Doctors more likely to tell patients about obvious errors
Wall Street Journal (Blog), October 7, 2008
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Healthcare 2015: The Future of Care Delivery: Care delivery is at an inflection point where we have the opportunity to achieve new milestones in defining, measuring and delivering value. This new in-depth study from IBM, explores how care delivery will likely evolve and how providers can prepare.
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Commentary:
When Leadership Is Lonely and Uncomfortable
One thing that people—both Republicans and Democrats—seemed to agree on this week was that legislators displayed a profound lack of leadership.
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media
October 3, 2008
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Audio:
Controversy Over RAC
With the controversial Recovery Audit Contractor program going nationwide by 2010, many hospitals are concerned about the high number of overpayments collected from providers.
Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media
September 29, 2008
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Contributed Feature:
Will Primary Care Be Re-Empowered by an Ailing Economy?
Contributors Richard Reece, MD, and Brian Klepper, PhD, offer examples of how businesses, rather than government agencies, are leading the way in healthcare reform. The current financial crisis, they argue, might push reform forward even faster, but only after causing further damage to healthcare markets.
Richard Reece, MD, and Brian Klepper, PhD, for HealthLeaders Media
September 25, 2008
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Contributed Feature:
Margins Squeezed? Here's Where to Find Operational Efficiencies
The current economic downturn has caught many businesses, including healthcare organizations, in an unanticipated margin squeeze. The impact is being felt from the declining value of investment portfolios, reduced access to capital, increasing supply costs, and a rising proportion of uninsured patients. So what can your organization do to ensure that it is generating the margin necessary to fund future operations and investments? A margin improvement audit may be the solution.
Robert D. Betka Jr. and Myra J. Mengwasser, for HealthLeaders Media
October 6, 2008
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