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Medicare Brain Trust Floats SGR Solutions

In a series of roundtable discussions on the sustainable growth rate formula, the former heads of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Health Care Financing Administration hope to find solutions.

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MA Gov defends near-universal healthcare

The Boston Globe, May 16, 2012

IL Gov may order start of health insurance exchange

Evansville Courier & Press / Associated Press, May 16, 2012

Aetna Building National ACO Network

Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, May 16, 2012

Healthcare Costs Top $20K Per Family

Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, May 16, 2012

Berwick on MA healthcare reform: More pain, more gain

WBUR, May 15, 2012

Nurse practitioners say TX should cut unneeded limits on their Rx powers

The Dallas Morning News, May 15, 2012

Opinion: Health insurance expansion looming, primary care turf battle heats up

The Washington Post, May 15, 2012

Not retiring at 65: Physician goes from anti-EHR to pro-ACO

HealthcareIT News, May 15, 2012

Florida Blue Launches Oncology ACO

Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, May 14, 2012

Highmark seeks rate hikes

Pittsburgh Business Times, May 14, 2012

Employers shift more health costs to workers

The Boston Globe, May 14, 2012

As U.S. argues over healthcare, nations embrace global coverage

The Seattle Times, May 14, 2012

CA healthcare providers reach out for EHR help

InformationWeek, May 14, 2012

MN hospital visited by investigators in wake of Accretive furor

Pioneer Press, May 14, 2012

Comparative Analysis: Why Your Benchmark May Be Off the Mark

, May 14, 2012

Suspicious Medicare bills found at 2,600 U.S. pharmacies

Bloomberg News, May 11, 2012

Unintended consequence for dialysis patients as drug rule changes

The New York Times, May 11, 2012

NJ gov vetoes bill creating health insurance exchange

The Washington Post, May 11, 2012

WellStar limits access to cardiac-cath labs

The Marietta Daily Journal, May 11, 2012

Bill that would help curb drug shortages headed for vote

CBS News, May 11, 2012
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Charging a Fee

The wait times for patients for the 14 ED beds at the 121-licensed-bed Sycamore Shoals Hospital, a rural hospital in the mountains of Elizabethton, Tenn., often reached two hours, and sometimes four. A hospital leadership quality committee saw those numbers and knew they had to make changes, says Melanie Stanton, RN, chief nursing officer. The hospital system decided to charge patients for use of the ED if they didn't really need it.

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