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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 13, 2010
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says insurers with unjustified rate increases could be excluded from health insurance exchanges when they begin operating in 2014.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, September 13, 2010
The California Medical Association, which represents 35,000 doctors, says it has filed a class action lawsuit against Blue Shield for imposing an unfair and potentially harmful rating system, the Blue Ribbon Recognition Program.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 13, 2010
Eagle Hospital Physicians, an Atlanta-based practice management company, has been acquired by private equity firms Highlander Partners, LP, and Flexpoint Ford, with equity fund Health Enterprise Partners, LP. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 13, 2010
Quality care for the elderly and disabled will become a difficult find in the coming years. Due to healthcare law, there will be draconian cuts in doctors and hospitals payments, National Center for Policy Analysis study says.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 13, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set label requirements for gadolinium-based contrast agents used in MR imaging to minimize causing the rare but serious kidney dysfunction condition called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
By: The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives for HealthLeaders Media, September 13, 2010
This excerpt from The CIO's Guide to Implementing EHRs in the HITECH Era covers the senior executive's role in implementing an electronic health records system. Those in the C-suite who must lead this change are best prepared if they understand that it may indeed be profound.
By: Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, September 10, 2010
Sure, greedy, ambulance-chasing lawyers are filing frivolous lawsuits. But hospitals and physicians sometimes get away with malpractice, too. That doesn't mean the whole system is broken. In fact, it's in a lot better shape than it used to be.