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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, September 16, 2010
The payment will resolve criminal and civil liability charges arising from accusations which involve Forest Pharmaceuticals drugs Levothroid, a treatment for thyroid deficiency, and its antidepressants, Celexa and Lexapro.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 15, 2010
A tax credit slated to go into effect in 2014 could help more than 28.6 million Americans buy healthcare coverage—even if they have pre-existing conditions, change jobs, or experience drops in income, report says.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 16, 2010
The office of inspector general recommends that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services develop "a more accurate method" for estimating changes in the prices of certain drugs.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, September 16, 2010
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and medical device maker CareFusion have formed a 23-hospital quality initiative which aims to improve clinical outcomes and cut healthcare costs by reducing hospital acquired infections and medication errors.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 15, 2010
The federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. said this week it will assume responsibility for the pension plan covering more than 9,500 workers and retirees at the shuttered St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in New York City.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 16, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services will send $31 million to 10 communities in eight states, and the South Carolina Health Department, for programs to reduce obesity and smoking, increase physical activity, and improve nutrition.
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By: Cora Nucci, for HealthLeaders Media, September 15, 2010
Insurers that "unjustifiably" raise premium rates may be deemed ineligible to participate in health insurance exchanges come 2014, says Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The insurance industry is an easy target to blame for rising healthcare costs and Sebelius is piling on. Whether she can bend the industry to her will and clamp down on rate hikes remains to be seen.
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By: Marianne Aiello, for HealthLeaders Media, September 15, 2010
In a Q&A session on "the future of emerging media" at a conference this week, many of the questions surprised me. About half of the attendees were well versed in social platforms and wanted information on the nitty-gritty of tracking and strategy, the other half still seemed worried about opening their organization up to online criticism and were skeptical about achieving leadership buy-in. This half of the group is clearly struggling to embrace social media. One woman proudly proclaimed that, after hours of work, she had successfully created a Facepage.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, September 15, 2010
On one side, administrators and physicians are required by Medicare's strict billing criteria to place certain patients in "observation" status rather than admit them as regular inpatients. On the other, admitting these borderline patients and billing Medicare accordingly, could trigger a recovery audit contractor investigation, headaches, and a huge loss of federal reimbursement dollars.
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