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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, June 17, 2010
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the federal government has targeted $250 million to bolster the nation's primary care workforce. The funding represents the first allocation from the $500 million Prevention and Public Health fund for fiscal 2010, created by the Affordable Care Act. Half of the fund—$250 million—will attempt to boost the number of primary care providers in the United States.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, June 16, 2010
The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, two member hospitals, and an affiliated physician group will pay the federal government $2.6 million to settle alleged kickback-for-referral allegations, the Department of Justice announced.
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By: June 9, 2010
Strategic halo models can reveal vital fiscal connections among service lines.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, June 17, 2010
In 2009, the last full year before healthcare reform legislation went into effect, 15.4%—or about 46.3 million Americans—had no healthcare insurance, according to a Centers for Disease Control survey released Wednesday. This rate is slightly up (from 14.7% or 43.8 million Americans) from 2008. The percentage of adults aged 18 to 64 years who lacked coverage at the time of contact by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics increased from 19.7% in 2008 to 21.1% in 2009.
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By: James Carroll, for HealthLeaders Media, June 17, 2010
DRG (diagnosis-related groups) validation issues have been the main target of RACs (recovery audit coordinators) nationwide in recent months. When unclear documentation results in improperly assigned DRGs, it puts facilities at risk for RAC denials. However, an effective clinical documentation improvement program aims to minimize these financial risks by producing the most accurate and comprehensive medical records possible—records that fully support the condition of the patient and the services rendered.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, June 16, 2010
At least one state is getting very serious about instilling a culture of health information confidentiality.
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By: Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media, June 16, 2010
Sometimes it seems that paying cash is the only way to get anyone to do anything, even when inaction is potentially life threatening.
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By: Marianne Aiello, for HealthLeaders Media, June 16, 2010
You won't often overhear a hospital marketer loudly proclaim at a dinner party that their organization is trying to attract more insured patients. While this is understandable, high-value patients keep hospitals in business.
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By: June 14, 2010
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