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By: January 8, 2010
Here is a review of growth opportunities that will increase revenue, decrease costs, or enhance services in the areas of leadership, finance, physicians, technology, health plans, quality, and outcomes.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, January 13, 2010
A Senate plan to tax health insurance premiums by $6.7 billion annually is a terrible idea, says a large coalition of California medical groups who fear this tax would lead to less coordinated care in fee-for-service models—and away from integrated medicine systems—while hiking premium costs for the insured.
By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, January 13, 2010
Nearly 75 healthcare organizations—including the American Hospital Association, the Medical Group Management Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American College of Surgeons, and the California Medical Association—called for Congress to drop the proposed Independent Payment Advisory Board from consideration in the reconciled healthcare reform bill.
By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, January 13, 2010
Several major primary care physician groups, plus the AFL-CIO and Consumers Union, are among the 118 groups that sent a letter Tuesday to congressional leaders in the House and Senate urging them to support "equality of Medicaid and Medicare rates" for primary care services.
By: Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, January 12, 2010
As of February 17, all business associates must comply with the HIPAA security rule and parts of the privacy rule or face stiff penalties. It's time to do a last-minute check to make sure your business associates are complying with the rule.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, January 12, 2010
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation has entered into a consent agreement with federal authorities to clean up the troubled psychiatric emergency department and psychiatric in-patient units in its Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn. A federal investigation at KCHC reportedly uncovered systemic violations of civil rights laws protecting institutionalized people.
By: Marianne Aiello, for HealthLeaders Media, January 12, 2010
Giving speeches to local groups is just one of the ways physician practices can reach out to potential patients without embarking on an expensive marketing campaign. Often, getting your practice's name and expertise out in the community is more beneficial than a billboard. Here are four low-cost and effective ways in which practices can perform community outreach.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, January 13, 2010
Investigators in Farmington Hills, MI, are examining the suspicious burning death of an elderly patient at Botsford Hospital, who was discovered aflame in his bed. Walter Gajewski, 92, a patient in the hospital's psychiatric unit, died from his burning injuries shortly after the Jan. 6 incident, investigators say.
By: Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, January 12, 2010
Both hospital and physician organizations have recently expressed concern about providers' abilities to meet the requirements of meaningful use. So how close are hospitals to meeting the requirements?
By: Rebecca Hendren, for HealthLeaders Media, January 12, 2010
One of the things that can make that first year of nursing so rough is adjusting to working nights, which is something tackled in the innovative new grad nurse retention program at Centra in Lynchburg, VA.