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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 5, 2010
Medicare's financial stability was "substantially improved" by the passage this spring of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will extend the solvency of the program for another 12 years to 2029, according to the 2010 Medicare Trustees Report released Thursday.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, August 5, 2010
It's a common perception that physicians trained by foreign medical schools aren't as skilled as doctors trained by U.S. medical schools. But that's a false assumption, according to a report published in Tuesday's edition of the journal Health Affairs. The real differentiator appears to be citizenship at the time of training.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 5, 2010
UnitedHealth Group's IT subsidiary Ingenix says it is acquiring compliance and medical management consultants Executive Health Resources, with undisclosed financial terms to be finalized by the year's end.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 5, 2010
Press Ganey Associates, Inc. announced today that it has acquired the Quality Indicator Project division from the Maryland Hospital Association. Financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, August 6, 2010
With the latest round of funding announced Thursday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services raises the tally to 45 states and $73 million in federal matching funds for electronic medical record incentive programs.
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By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, August 5, 2010
Last month, the names of "private practices" reporting breaches of unsecured protected health information affecting more than 500 people were revealed when the Office for Civil Rights, the enforcer of the HIPAA privacy and security rules, lifted the veil of anonymity on the entities.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, August 5, 2010
During the past four months, healthcare reform legislation has been a shining light on the need to improve preventive care and primary care services for those in need. Who can really argue about this quest to provide quality care? But, a nagging feeling exists that many Americans need more to reach their "unrealized health potential."
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