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In CO, a tale of two hospitals
Aspen Valley Hospital will give its employees an average pay increase of 2.4% this month, while the Vail Valley...
Twin Cities’ Children’s Hospital plans up to 250 job cuts
Children's Hospital says it plans to eliminate 200 to 250 jobs by mid-November, citing a drop in patients, an increase...
States waiting on Congress for extra Medicaid funds, COBRA subsidies could be gone for good
A Senate effort to extend federal help to states struggling with swelling Medicaid rolls hit a road...
Web Exclusive: Berwick's First Reimbursement Challenge
New CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, has not yet been on the job a month, and he’s already finding himself...
Texas doctors threaten to drop Medicaid, fear cuts
  Doctors in the Dallas area and across Texas are threatening to opt out of Medicaid because of payment cuts...
Web Exclusive: Provider Groups Urge Congress to Move Fast to Avoid Medicaid Cuts
In the past several days, healthcare groups—ranging from the American Hospital Association to the American Health...
Web Exclusive: Auto Insurers Pledge Tighter Scrutiny of Hospitals' Cost-shifting
A new report by a casualty insurance industry think tank says hospitals are cost-shifting billions of dollars in...
Texas healthcare providers could see Medicaid fees reduced
Texas healthcare providers would see their Medicaid fees trimmed by at least 1% under possible budget reductions...
Hey, doctors: Walgreens also says Medicaid does not pay enough
Walgreens is threatening to stop filling Medicaid prescriptions at 64 of its 121 pharmacies in Washington state because...
Web Exclusive: Doctors Demand Better Medicaid Reimbursements
Several major primary care physician groups, plus the AFL-CIO and Consumers Union, are among the 118 groups that sent a...

Audio Conference: New Medicaid RAC Program
The new Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program will be effective January 1, 2012. Government auditors have...