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The time is now for ACOs, former CMS administrator says
With the prohibitive and rising cost of healthcare, there has never been a greater need for accountable care...
Web Exclusive: Baptist Health in an Arkansas State of Denial
An economic conflict of interest policy is put to the legal test at Baptist Health in Arkansas. The state's highest...
The New IT Landscape For Health Insurers
Periodically, a dramatic change in an industry enables chief information officers to step up and play a decisive role...
In push to detect early Alzheimer?s markers, hopes for prevention
Will Alzheimer’s disease, a terrible degenerative brain disease with no treatments and no clear guidelines for...
Web Exclusive: The Time to Innovate is Now
Your hospital can't purchase new equipment or update aging facilities. You may have to cut services and lay off...
Web Exclusive: Red Ink Flows While Facilitators Make Inroads
The global recession is making elective procedures a tough sell. But considering the financial outlook of the...
Web Exclusive: In Mexico, U.S. Network Brings Medical Travel Closer to Home
As employers get creative in offering lower cost benefits, global hospitals and medical travel facilitators can step in...
Elective surgery is one thing, elective politics another
Manoj Jain, MD, writing in the Washington Post, says doctors should avoid talking politics with patients. “For...
The healthcare MacGuffin?
The recent ABIM Foundation Summer Forum focused on patient-centered care . . . and who could be against that? asks Bob...
New twist on the old house call
In greater Boston, house calls are coming back, but with a 21st century twist, writes Elizabeth Kass, MD, in this...