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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, October 28, 2011
Continuing economic woes, increased Medicaid enrollment, and the end of the federal stimulus program will contribute to a projected 29% increase in states’ spending for the Medicaid program in 2012, according to a new survey.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, October 28, 2011
Revising projections made earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced that most Medicare beneficiaries will pay lower premiums and deductibles under the 2012 Part B fee schedule.
By: Karen Minich-Pourshadi, for HealthLeaders Media, October 28, 2011
As healthcare reform influences compensation models, many doctors expect relatively small pay increases in 2012.
By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, October 27, 2011
Physicians and hospitals have been adopting checklists to ensure proper patient care. Now it’s time to take the checklist premise further, to find procedures that should be minimized or eliminated altogether.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, October 27, 2011
In the wake of a rash of bloodstream infections among chemotherapy patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a basic guide to infection control, aimed at all outpatient oncology facilities.
By: October 6, 2011
Date: November 11, 2011
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By: October 11, 2011
Date: November 8, 2011
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