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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, July 7, 2009
On Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden, Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and hospital group members will meet at the White House to announce the agreement that hospitals will give up about $155 million in Medicare and Medicaid payments over the next decade.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, July 8, 2009
A nationally widespread insurance scam has been shut down in California after hundreds of victims were duped into paying premiums for a Kaiser Permanente health plan through a phony labor union, state officials said. Kaiser never received a large portion of the money the enrollees paid. The Ponzi-like scheme, operated by Raymond, Thomas and Jean Palombo of Riverside, CA under the name Contractors and Merchants Association or CMA, also has been shut down in at least six other states including Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Florida, and North Carolina in recent years.
By: Lisa Eramo, for HealthLeaders Media, July 7, 2009
If you had to begin implementing computerized physician order entry (CPOE) today, how many years do you think it would take for you to reach 100% adoption?
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, July 7, 2009
The Tennessee Medical Association filed a potentially precedent-setting lawsuit against a fee audit recovery contractor saying the contractor made false assertions of overpayment on out-dated claims and subjected physicians and their staff to "strong-arm" tactics.
By: Sarah Kearns, for HealthLeaders Media, July 8, 2009
After working with multiple professional and trade organizations on the common and proper use of sterilization using steam, the Joint Commission has decided to refocus its survey efforts on all critical processes, including sterilization, according to a recent announcement by The Joint Commission. The accrediting body will consider an effective sterilization method if a complete and effective process of sterilization is used.
By: Keri Mucci, for HealthLeaders Media, July 7, 2009
Nurses cure the sick, heal the wounded, and comfort the dying, but are they doing so at their own cost?
By: Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, July 7, 2009
There are only a handful of regions in the United States that have the knowledge base, capital access, local leadership, and infrastructure to be the innovative leader in health IT.
By: Ben Cole, for HealthLeaders Media, July 7, 2009
Wichita, KS-based Galichia Heart Hospital has reached an agreement with Mobile Surgery International for Galichia to host MSI-coordinated, urologic surgical teams at its facilities.