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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2010
Some members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners want a phased-in approach to limits on health insurance plans that specify how many premium dollars may go toward medical care versus administrative costs and profits.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2010
The Government Accounting Office's review of healthcare industry group purchasing organizations was instigated at the request of Congress, which had raised concerns about anticompetitive practices such as the collection of excessively high administrative fees.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2010
Nonprofit healthcare institutions in the United States raised $7.6 billion in fiscal 2009, a decline of $944 million from fiscal 2008, according to the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy's annual Report on Giving.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2010
Veterans Affairs secretaries are pushing to add diabetes, prostate cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's disease, and leukemia to the list of conditions presumed to be caused by Agent Orange exposure among Vietnam War veterans. As a result, the Senate panel will review Agent Orange regulations from 1991.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 27, 2010
An Illinois Hospital Association study, the first of its kind in the state, examines the economic impact of the state's 200 hospitals and health systems.
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By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, September 14, 2010
Hospitals are looking to employ more physicians and buy more practices; at the same time, hospitals are receiving an increase in inquiries from physician groups for employment. But that marriage is not without trepidation. Two major industry trends—an increase in insured patients and the development of accountable care organizations—will put considerable strain on hospital-physician relations.
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By: Jeff Elliott for HealthLeaders Media, September 27, 2010
But rising costs and Medicare's efforts to financially penalize healthcare organizations that fail to prove medical necessity have amplified calls for a tighter bond between clinical and finance leaders in hospitals and health systems.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 27, 2010
The American College of Physicians is offering ethical guidelines for using incentives to promote personal responsibility for health. While the position paper specifically examines a Medicaid pilot project in West Virginia, much of it can be applied to private sector wellness programs. If you're running a wellness program at your organization, this is must reading.
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