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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 24, 2009
Value over volume would come into play under a new Medicare physician payment system modification inserted into the Senate Finance Committee's healthcare reform bill this week. Under the proposed physician payment change, backed by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D WA), physician or physician groups could receive bonus payments based on the relative quality of care they achieve while treating patients under the Medicare program.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 24, 2009
Provena Covenant Medical Center took its seven-year fight over its tax-exempt status to the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday. The Illinois state's attorneys' office claims that the Catholic-run hospital in Urbana did not provide enough charity care to warrant its requested property tax exemptions of about $5 million in 2002. The state wants the high court to uphold an appellate court's Oct. 3, 2008 ruling denying the exemption.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, September 24, 2009
Coronary heart disease patients requiring hospital care have declined so much that they are no longer the leading reason for a diseased patient's admission. Now it's ranked number three. That's according to a sample of discharge records collected from 1,000 hospitals in 40 states in 2007 by the federal Agency for Health Research and Quality.
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By: Heather Comak, for HealthLeaders Media, September 24, 2009
Next time you watch your favorite TV show, you may see John D. Clarke, MD, FAAFP, rapping about flu prevention during the commercial break. Clarke was announced this week as the winner of the Department of Health and Human Services' Flu Prevention Public Service Announcement contest. One of more than 240 contest entries, Clarke's one-minute clip touches on the basics of infection prevention.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 23, 2009
Current proposals on Capitol Hill for reforming healthcare will not hurt health insurers' ability to compete and earn in the healthcare marketplace, said Vice President Joe Biden.
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By: Sarah Kearns, for HealthLeaders Media, September 23, 2009
Overcoming the cultural boundaries that can divide or prevent a patient-doctor relationship from forming can be a difficult task.
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By: Marianne Aiello, for HealthLeaders Media, September 23, 2009
When Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA, was having trouble recruiting gastroenterologists earlier this year, Cathy Connolley knew it was time for an innovative strategy.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, September 23, 2009
For healthcare in rural America, there has never been a better time to confront policymaker bias against providers working in Out There Yonder parts of the country.
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By: Les Masterson, for HealthLeaders Media, September 23, 2009
One idea that could make it through the health reform process is an insurance exchange that could be run federally or more likely at the state level with seed money from the feds.
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By: Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, September 23, 2009
I've lived most all of my life in Massachusetts and I'm quite familiar with the local Tufts brand. Or so I thought.
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