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Hospitals Profit On Bloodstream Infections

Hospitals can reap a windfall when an insured patient has a preventable infection, and private health plans—not Medicare—foot the largest bills. Why aren't these payers doing more to help hospitals prevent... Read More


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Lower ED Margins Demand a Better Strategy

Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, May 24, 2013

Healthcare Costs Hit Record High, But Growth Rate Slows

Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, May 24, 2013

Immigrant healthcare bills stump House group

Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2013

Incentives push doctors to electronic medical records

USA Today, May 24, 2013

Hundreds of nurses walk out at two San Jose hospitals

KCBS, May 24, 2013

Intermountain Healthcare alerts patients to cumulative radiation exposure

The Salt Lake Tribune, May 24, 2013

3-D printer makes life-saving splint for baby's airway

NPR, May 24, 2013

Less Blood Testing for Some Surgeries Safe, Cost Effective

Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, May 23, 2013

UC hospitals cancel surgeries, divert patients amid strike

Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2013

Scramble at Moore Medical Center as tornado hit

NPR, May 23, 2013

Opinion: Health IT—Make sure policy umbrella is big enough for all

The Hill, May 23, 2013

KY short 3,800 doctors even before Medicaid expansion

The Courier Journal, May 23, 2013

All ME hospitals sign on to electronic health records exchange

Bangor Daily News, May 23, 2013

Opinion: Colonoscopy mill operator doesn't concern insurance company

Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 23, 2013

Tornado struck hospital but patients, staff unharmed

ABC News, May 22, 2013

Hospital 'code black' before flood of tornado patients

Los Angeles Times, May 22, 2013

House immigration talks hang on healthcare

Politico, May 22, 2013

WI hospitals reduce central-line infections

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 22, 2013

Public in Deep South supports expanding Medicaid, but lawmakers don't

The Miami Herald, May 22, 2013

ED Physicians Key to Half of Hospital Admissions

John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, May 21, 2013

Biting the All-Cause Readmissions Bullet

The financial and clinical justification is there, and successful efforts will mean engaging all stakeholders in the care continuum.

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