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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, October 2, 2009
In a marathon session, the Senate Finance Committee wrapped up its seventh and final day of hearings on its $900 billion healthcare reform bill after 2 a.m. Friday.
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By: Les Masterson, for HealthLeaders Media, October 1, 2009
Fifteen states could run out of hospital beds and another 12 states could reach or exceed 75% of their hospital bed capacity if 35% of Americans were to get sick from the H1N1 flu virus, according to a report released today by the Trust for America's Health.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, October 2, 2009
A decline in patient volume plus increasing bad debt related to patients' financial challenges were cited by the Medical Group Management Association as possible reasons for its members' drop in revenues in 2008 for the first time in several years.
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By: Kristen Kohrt, for HealthLeaders Media, October 2, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services OIG released its 2010 OIG Work Plan, giving healthcare compliance professionals an idea of what types of audits and reviews to expect in the coming fiscal year.
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By: Les Masterson, for HealthLeaders Media, October 1, 2009
More people are going to the emergency rooms and many of them are elderly and often repeat users, according to a study published online today in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
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By: Marianne Aiello, for HealthLeaders Media, October 1, 2009
Congress will pass healthcare reform legislation by the end of the year because Democrats fear the consequences that failure may bring, said Paul Begala, CNN commentator and former advisor to President Clinton at the 2009 Society Healthcare Strategy & Marketing Development conference in Orlando on Thursday.
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By: Andrea Kraynak, for HealthLeaders Media, October 2, 2009
RACs have begun auditing at this point, and providers in some states may have received their first denial letters this week. But many providers seem to still be waiting. However tempting it may be to simply wait, providers can still use this time effectively.
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By: Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media, October 1, 2009
Certain joint venture arrangements between physicians and hospitals may be illegal as of today, when changes to federal physician self-referral rules that limit specific financial relationships take effect.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, October 1, 2009
Americans like to think that our healthcare quality is second to none. But how does the United States compare with other countries?
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