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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, February 17, 2012
A tentative agreement by a joint House-Senate conference committee delays for 10 months cuts to the sustainable growth rate formula, which determines Medicare payments to physicians. A floor vote could be taken as early as Friday.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, February 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the federal government will delay for an unspecified time the compliance deadline for providers to implement the ICD-10 diagnostic and procedural coding system.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, February 17, 2012
Rebates to consumers from health insurance companies that fail to meet medical loss ratio standards could total almost a quarter of a billion dollars this year, federal health officials say.
By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, February 16, 2012
Physician worries about malpractice litigation might actually be making the problem worse. That's because docs are keeping their mistakes under wraps and practicing defensive medicine to avoid a trip to the courthouse.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, February 16, 2012
Once in a while, you hear a story that synthesizes all the talk about infection prevention and surgical checklists into a real-life horror that is as painful as it is urgent. That's when an adverse event happens to someone you know personally.
By: February 7, 2012
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By: January 23, 2012
New research finds that 25% of organizations have not yet begun preparing for VBP. Get additional data in this final report in a series of four from the inaugural HealthLeaders Media CFO Exchange, with analysis and insight from leaders at Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Hackensack University Medical Center, Piedmont Healthcare, Griffin Hospital, and Sharp Healthcare.
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