HealthLeaders Media Stories – 2010
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~ Dec. 30 • $3 Million Prize Offered to Solve Hospital Admissions Puzzle
Dec. 29 • CA Reports Preventable Hospitalizations
Dec. 29 • EHR Effectiveness for Hospital Care Questioned
Dec, 27 • OIG Targets FL Providers for Medicare Abuses
Dec. 27 • 12 Ways to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
Dec. 23 • Physicians, Nurses Continue Primary Care Debate
Dec. 23 • Seniors Account for 1 in 3 Hospital Stays
Dec. 22 • Drug Firm to Pay Feds $280 Million to Settle Pricing Claims
Dec. 21 • Feds Propose Review of Health Insurance Rate Hikes
Dec. 20 • Tenet Fires Back at Community Health
Dec. 20 • Meaningful Use Tops Healthcare Industry Challenges for 2011
Dec. 20 • Tenet Fires Back at Community Health
Dec. 20 • Food Poisoning Strikes 1 in 6 Americans Yearly
Dec. 17 • Feds Seek Anti-Fraud Technologies to Nab Medicare Cheats
Dec. 17 • OIG: Investigations Recovered $26B in FY2010
Dec. 16 • 1 in 10 EDs Boarding Psych Patients for ‘One Week or More’
~ Dec. 16 • Readmissions Reduction Effort at Kaiser Involves Cameras
Dec. 16 • Obama Signs ‘Doc Fix’ Bill
Dec. 16 • CDPH Reports ‘Big’ Data Security Breach
Dec. 15 • 6 Health Systems Team with Dartmouth to Study Quality, Costs
Dec. 14 • PacifiCare Blocked from Paying $120 Million in Dividends
Dec. 13 • Federal Judge Strikes Down Key Healthcare Law Provision
~ Dec. 9 • IHI Forum Reflections: 10 ‘Aha’ Moments
Dec. 8 • Sebelius Urges IHI Attendees to Work Harder Toward Quality
Dec. 7 • Imaging Self-Referrals Don’t Reduce Sick Days, Costs
Dec. 6 • EDs Lacking in Palliative Care, Report Says
Dec. 2 • 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better – 2010
Dec. 2 • Santiago Horgan: Surgeon as Game-Changer
Dec. 2 • Peter Pronovost: Slashing Infection Rates
Dec. 2 • Joseph Smith: Forging Healthcare’s Wireless Way Forward
~ Dec. 2 • What Disney Can Teach Hospitals About Patient-Centered Care
Dec. 2 • Hospital Admissions, ED Visits for Dog Bites Surge
Dec. 1 • Top 10 Healthcare Technology Hazards for 2011
Nov. 30 • CA Slaps Health Plans for Delaying Payments
Nov. 29 • House Vote Delays SGR Cuts
Nov. 24 • Pediatric Medical Errors Most Likely in Gynecologic, GI Surgeries
Nov. 22 • CA Health Records Breaches Net $800,000 in Fines
Nov. 19 • Senate Delays SGR Cuts One Month
Nov. 19 • North Country Health in MN to Join Sanford Health
Nov. 19 • Soaring ED Visits Cause Hospital Overcrowding
~ Nov. 18 • End-of-Life Care is Often Futile, Costly
Nov. 18 • Joint Commission Issues Suicide Alert for ED, Med/Surg
Nov. 18 • 3 Tips for Prescribing Antibiotics, CDC Offers
Nov. 17 • Aggressive Care for Dying Cancer Patients Futile, Study Finds
Nov. 17 • High-Dose Radiation Imaging Guidelines Inadequate, Researchers Say
Nov. 17 • Hospital Groups Want Say in ACA Lawsuit
Nov. 15 • 12 Hospitals Fined for ‘Immediate Jeopardy’ Violations in CA
Nov. 12 • Major Cuts in Provider Pay Recommended by White House Commission
~ Nov. 11 • How Providers First Did More Harm This Week
Nov. 10 • Hospital Infection Reporting Standards Inconsistent
Nov. 10 • Early Dialysis Treatment Increases Mortality Risk
Nov. 10 • St. Joseph’s to Pay $22M to Settle Federal Charges
Nov. 9 • AMA: Swift Congressional Action on SGR ‘Critical’
Nov. 8 • Federal HAI Prevention Funding Up for 2010
Nov. 5 • Physician Prescription Error Frequency Linked to Location
Nov. 5 • CMS Paid $112M for Potentially Harmful Drugs, OIG Says
~ Nov. 4 • Doctors Take Umbrage at Porsche Promo
Nov. 3 • Suspicion of Medicare Fraud Triggers Most Reimbursement Suspensions
Nov. 2 • AHRQ: 1 in 10 Hospital Admissions Avoidable
Nov. 2 • NCQA Releases Medicare, Medicaid Plan Rankings
Nov. 2 • Half of Elderly Women Unnecessarily Catheterized in the ED
Oct. 29 • 10% of CA Insured Opt for High-Deductible Health Plans
Oct. 29 • AHA: Observation Status Fears on the Rise
Oct. 29 • HHS Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Growing
~ Oct. 28 • Winners (and Losers) in the Quality Race for Cash
Oct. 28 • Medicare Cheat Used Homeless in Fraud Scheme
Oct. 28 • CMS Under the Gun to Launch Physician Compare Site
Oct. 27 • Sepsis a ‘Hidden Public Health Disaster’
Oct. 27 • Hospitalizations for Drug Use Up Dramatically
Oct. 26 • Johns Hopkins Center Focuses on Child Constipation
Oct. 22 • Joint Commission Touts Research on Reducing Handoff Failures
Oct. 21 • Stop the Blustering About High-risk Patients
~ Oct. 21 • Behind the Huge Variations in Dialysis Patient Mortality
Oct. 21 • Radiation Patients Endanger Public, Congressman Says
Oct. 20 • 5 Fraud, Abuse Laws Med Students Should Know
Oct. 20 • CA Reports Stroke Rates in Bypass Surgery Data
Oct. 20 • Severe Radiation Oncologist Shortage Forecast
Oct. 14 • CA Court Rejects Nurse Anesthetists Supervision Petition
~ Oct. 14 • Wrong Site Surgeries Still a Threat
~ Oct. 7 • A Modest Proposal: Pay More for Care Only if It’s Better
Oct. 6 • Physicians Prevail in Arkansas Conflict of Interest Case
Oct. 6 • Rural Trauma Care Can, Should Be Better
Oct. 4 • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Gets $473M
Oct. 4 • IHI Issues Guidelines for Managing Clinical Adverse Events
Oct. 4 • ACEP Calls for Halt to ED Boarding
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Oct. 1 • Physician to Settle Medicare Fraud Case for $20M
Oct. 1 • CA Governor Signs Radiation Overdose Bill into Law
Oct. 1 • Federal Report Details Corruption at IHS
Oct. 1 • 12 Challenges for Public, Rural Hospitals
Sept. 30 • Medical Groups Sound Alarm on SGR ‘Crisis’
~ Sept. 30 • 4 Signs of Surgeons’ Inattention in the OR
Sept. 29 • A Call for Standardized Infection Detection Practices
Sept. 29 • HHS Awards $320 Million to Expand Primary Care
Sept. 29 • Falling TB Rates Point to Greater Danger for U.S.
Sept. 27 • Patient ‘Coaching’ Savings Tallied
Sept. 27 • CDC: Uninsured Rolls Keep Growing
Sept. 27 • DOJ Busts $3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Sept. 23 • Rapid Response Teams No Substitute for Wrong Bed Assignment
Sept. 23 • CMS Failed to Report Providers’ Adverse Actions, Says OIG
Sept. 22 • Use of Diabetes Oral Meds On the Rise
Sept. 22 • The Importance of Knowing Exactly Why We Die
Sept. 22 • Virus May Cause Childhood Obesity
Sept. 21 • Unauthorized Employee Signs Off on Mammograms
Sept. 20 • Banner Health to Build Hospital in CO
Sept. 17 • Overtriage of Trauma Patients Costly, On the Rise
Sept. 17 • Long Days Make Radiologists Less Accurate
Sept. 16 • Lexapro Maker to Pay $313 Million to Settle Federal Charges
Sept. 16 • BCBS Illinois Partners With Device Maker to Fight HAIs
Sept. 15 • Hospitals Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place Over ‘Observation’
Sept. 14 • Clean Malpractice Records Don’t Correlate with Doctors’ Quality, Study Finds
Sept. 14 • HHS Gives $20 Million for Rural EHRs
Sept. 13 • CMA Sues Blue Shield Over Physician Rating System
Sept. 13 • FDA Adds Contrast Agent Label Warning
Sept. 9 • Hospital Fined $250,000 For Not Reporting Data Breach
Sept. 9 • OIG: Medicare Contractor Overpaid $39.2 Million for Diabetic’s Supplies
Sept. 8 • Healthcare Provider Vaccination Rates Overdue in CA
Sept. 8 Urgent Care Could Replace ED For Some Patients, Report Says
Sept. 8 • 5 Tips for Avoiding Diagnostic Errors
Sept. 7 • Tort Reform’s Impact on Lowering Medical Malpractice Litigation Costs May Be Limited
Sept. 3 • Botox Maker Settles Federal Marketing Charges
Sept. 3 • Medical Groups: Litigation Expenses to Cost Taxpayers $1 Billion
Sept. 3 • ACA Insurance Tax Credits May Benefit Small Businesses
Sept. 3 • Prototype Crash Cart Moves to Smithsonian
Sept. 2 • Texas Pain Clinic Law Cracks Down on Pill Mills
Sept. 2 • OIG Warns of Pre-Authorization Violations
Sept. 1 • CMS Hears Provider Concerns Over ‘Observation’ Status
Sept. 1 • Revealed: Why Health Providers Avoid Vaccines
Sept. 1 • 6 in 10 Adult Californians Obese or Overweight
Aug. 31 • Pain Treatment Tips for Physicians, Payers
Aug. 31 • Sutter Health Physician Data Available Via Mobile App
Aug. 30 • 10 Tips for Prescribing Controlled Substances
Aug. 27 • High-Risk PCI Patients Need Standby IABP Strategy
Aug. 27 • CDC: Flu Death Forecast ‘A Moving Target’
Aug. 26 • HAI Rates on the Decline
Aug. 26 • CDC: Car Crash Victims Cost $17 Billion in 2005
Aug. 25 • Surgeon Envisions Nationwide Trauma System
Aug. 25 • 25% of Californians Uninsured
Aug. 25 • Risk of Mortality Increases with Waist Size
Aug. 24 • HHS to Give $32 Million for Rural Healthcare Access
Aug. 23 • Fear of Falling Can Lead to Falls, Researchers Conclude
Aug. 23 • OIG: Feds Paid $43.3 Million for Possibly Ineffective Drugs
Aug. 20 • Palliative Care for Cancer Patients Prolongs Life, Study Finds
Aug. 20 • Insurance Industry Sues to Halt Anti-Rescission Rules in CA
Aug. 18 • FCC Proposal to Expand Rural Broadband Too Limiting
Aug. 18 • Medical Error Disclosure Program Found to Reduce Lawsuits
Aug. 18 • CMSS Joins ‘Red Flags Rule’ Lawsuit Against FTC
Aug. 17 • 99% of CA UTIs Incorrectly Coded, Study Says
Aug. 17 • 1 in 2 Catheter-Linked UTIs Avoidable, Study Says
Aug. 16 • 1 in 5 Hospitalizations Involve Diabetes Patients
Aug. 16 • NY Physician Charged in Medicaid Drug Fraud Ring
Aug. 12 • FTC Cracks Down on Fake Health Plans
Aug. 11 • Top 10 Most Costly, Frequent Medical Errors
Aug. 11 • Peptic Ulcer Hospitalizations Plummet, Says CDC
Aug. 11 • 4 Good News Stories on HAI, and a Bonus
Aug. 11 • Hospital MRSA Infection Rates Plunge 28%
Aug. 10 • ED Visits Up 23% in 10 Years
Aug. 9 • Lack of Eye Protection in Cath Lab Could Lead to Cataracts
Aug. 9 • Nursing, Geriatric Programs to Get $159 Million from HHS
Aug. 9 • GAO Finds Gaps in CMS Review of Managed Care Rates
Aug. 6 • APIC: Automated Surveilance Prevents HAIs
Aug. 6 • CMS EMR Incentive Funding Reaches $73 Million
Aug. 6 • Health Insurance Rules Aim to Restrict Rescissions in CA
Aug. 5 • Physician Citizenship Tied to Mortality Rates
Aug. 5 • Health Insurance Exchange Blasted Over Primary Care Access in Massachusetts
Aug. 4 • Filling the Demand for Mental Health Specialists
Aug. 3 • Surgeons Replace Heart Valves Less Invasively
Aug. 3 • D.C. Nurses Approve One-Day Work Stoppage
Aug. 2 • Feds Offer $51 Million for Health Insurance Exchanges
July 29 • Back Pain Care Spending Nearly Doubled in a Decade
July 28 • Doctors Need Decision Support in Ordering Imaging Diagnostics
July 27 • CMS Announces $10 Million Imaging DSS Demo
July 27 • CMS Issues Payment Rule, Quality Incentive for Dialysis Providers
July 26 • Physician Need Still Outstrips Rising Supply In California
July 26 • Health Plan Rate Filings to Be Emailed to California Enrollees
July 23 • Sullenberger Urges Hospitals to Adopt Aviation Culture of Safety
July 22 • Home Visit Programs To Receive Millions
July 21 • HRSA Hopes Committee Will Translate a Tower of Babel
July 20 • Sanford MeritCare Now Sanford Health
July 20 • Health Plan Doctor Profiles Inaccurate, Physician Groups Say
July 19 • Fewer Medicare Patients for Specialists Due to Consult Code Cuts
July 16 • Chicago Back Pain Center Aims to Avoid Surgery
July 16 • FCC Proposal Would Expand Broadband to Rural Healthcare Providers
July 15 • FDA Criticized for Unsafe Medical Device Approval Process
July 14 • Failure In Central Line Infection Prevention, Survey Says
July 14 • Hospital’s Fast Action Stops Potentially Disastrous HAI
July 13 • White House HIV/AIDs Strategy Calls on Providers for Action
July 13 • Hospital Ads Suggest Medicare Reimbursement Cuts Will Hurt Care Quality
July 7 • Protocols Needed For Palliative Care at End of Life
July 6 • CDC To Track Prevention Progress with Monthly ‘Vital Signs’
July 2 • California Cracks Down on Unlicensed Medical Providers
July 1 • U.S. Wastes Thousands of Useable, But ‘Less Than Perfect’ Transplant Kidneys Because of Poor Distribution
July 1 • 99% Of Teaching Hospitals Lack Clinical Care Conflict Of Interest Policies
June 30 • OIG: Medicare Paid $1.2 Billion For Drugs With Invalid Prescriber Numbers
June 30 • From Fantasyland to Tomorrowland: Wireless Health for Rural Vets
June 29 • Not Discussing End-Stage Disease Prolongs Futile, Costly, and Painful Care
June 28 • Electronic Medical Records Strengthen Vaccine Safety Monitoring In Seizure Study
June 29 • Doctors Balk At Vaccinating Pending Plan Reimbursement Increases
June 25 • It’s In the Bag: Bacteria Harbored In Reusable Grocery Bags May Be Causing Foodborne Illness
June 25 • Not Sure About Patients’ Copays? Ask them Where They Work
June 24 • AHA: Congress Must Expand Medicaid Share Now to Avoid State Health and Hospital Cuts
June 23 • SICU Psychosis: Prevent Delirium to Improve Prognosis and Stem Soaring Cost
June 23 • Most Neurogenic Fibrosis Cases Associated with Three MRI Gadolinium Agents
June 22 • New Proton Beam Cancer Center Could be the Nation’s Ninth
June 21 • White House Announces Another $250 Million, This Time for Public Health Infrastructure and Prevention Efforts
June 21 • One of Every Nine Workers Has A Job Because of Hospitals
June 18 • FDA Again Fines American Red Cross for Blood Safety Lapses; This Time $16 Million
June 17 • Emergency Rooms See Doubling Of Visits Related to Non-Medical Narcotic Use
June 16 • Prying Eyes Will Cost Hospitals Millions
June 16 • New MRSA Survey Seeks Updates on Trends, Tactics in Infection Control
June 16 • Hospital Sends Letters to 3,400 Patients About Possible Endoscopic Equipment Contamination
June 16 • Hospital Seeks To Terminate Five Hospital Workers For Privacy Breaches on Social Media
June 15 • Seven Largest Insurers Incorrectly Pay One in Five Claims, Says AMA
June 15 • From the Dakotas to Ireland and Oregon, Sanford Expands Clinics for Kids
June 14 • CMS Will Attempt Recovery of $1.7 Million Overpaid in Psychiatric Patient Miscoding
June 11 • Six Major Patient Record Breaches Draw $675,000 In Penalties
June 10 • Kaiser Study Shows Reduction in Fatal and Non-Fatal Heart Attacks with Preventive Care
June 10 • 7 Changes for Medical Schools to Train Doctors for Reform Era Care
June 10 • Cochlear Americas Pays $950,000 to Settle Federal Kickback Allegations
June 9 • Simple ‘Three Bucket’ Tool Helps Prevent Huge Cause of Inpatient Death
June 8 • Report Second-Guesses Health Reform Laws but Finds Good Bang for the Buck
June 7 • Twenty Percent of High School Youth Took Prescription Drugs without Doctor’s Rx
June 4 • AMA Launches Multi-Million Ad Campaign For Prompt Senate Vote to Reverse Pay Cut
June 4 • Healthcare Violence Is Increasing; Is Your Hospital Prepared?
June 3 • Hospitals Fined More than $1M For Failure to Report Adverse Events
June 2 • Virtual Colonoscopy Emerges As Turf Battle Between Radiologists, Gastroenterologists
June 2 • CLABSI: ‘A Polio Campaign for the 21st Century’
June 1 • Doctors Get Reprieve To 2011 From June 1 Red Flag Rule Enforcement
June 1 • Race Matching in Heart Transplants Does Not Improve Survival
May 28 • CDC Says 18% Drop in Central Line Infections Is Just the Beginning
May 28 • Emergency Docs Say BlueCross BlueShield Is Wrong About Unnecessary ED Visits
May 27 • Revolving Door Of Readmissions and ED Visits More Extensive and Expensive
May 26 • Quickie Quiz: What’s Your Adverse Events Intelligence?
May 26 • City of Hope Rift with Physicians Threatens Both—and Scares Patients
May 25 • AMA Says Health Plans Should Enforce Rules in New 10-Point ‘Code of Conduct’
May 21 • Nine More Hospitals Fined $550,000 for Putting Patients at Risk
May 21 • Lawsuit: Red Flags Rule Violates Doctor/Patient Relationship
May 20 • ACEP Critical of CDC Report on ED Use
May 20• North Shore-Long Island Jewish Teams Up With Lenox Hill
May 19 • A Mammogram As A Metaphor For Patient-Centered Care
May 19 • Academic Hospitals Team Up to Stop Catheter-Related Infections
May 18 • CA Report Says Half of Medicare and Medicaid Bills Pay for Care to Readmitted Patients
May 18 • Moody’s Predicts More Bad News For Nonprofit Hospitals
May 14 • Falls Could Signal Serious Health Issues That Providers Often Miss
May 14 • Federal Law Proposed To Regulate Health Plan Premium Hikes
May 13 • New Frailty Test Could Improve Surgical Outcomes, Reduce Cost Discrepancies
May 13 • Healthcare Costs Up 7.8% for PPO Plans; Miami, New York City Most Expensive
May 12 • How the Dakotas Keep Their Doctors: Sanford Merit Says: ‘We Grow Our Own’
May 11 • Increasing U.S. Medical School Spots Won’t Increase Physician Supply
May 11 • Eleventh VRSA Case in U.S. Diagnosed; CDC Urges Diligence
May 7 •HCA Files Common Stock Public Offering Registration Statement
May 5 • E-Pharmacy Catches Drug Mistakes for Rural Hospitals in Five States
May 4 • California Has Fewer Acute Care Beds Per Population Than Other Big States
May 3 • Natural Orifice Trials Begin, A Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Hospitals
April 30 • WellPoint Anthem Retreats From Its 39% Premium Hike Demand After Audit Reveals Bad Math
April 30 • Catholic Healthcare West To Provide Medical Directors for CVS Clinics in Phoenix
April 28 • Diagnostic Imaging Uses 57% of the Cost of Cancer Care
April 28 • Medicare Tries to Reduce Fraud and Waste, But Causes Backlog in Payments
April 28 • Will We Ever Start Calling Nurse “Doctor”?
April 27 • To Reduce Spending, American College of Physicians Will Advise Doctors What’s Too Costly, Useless
April 26 • If the U.S. Lacks Doctors, Can Nurses, Optometrists, and Pharmacists Take Their Place?
April 23 • CBO: U.S. Should Collect $4 Billion A Year in Penalties from Those Who Don’t Buy Health Coverage
April 22 • Advocacy Group Says One-Third of Cesareans Are Unnecessary
April 22 • Hospital Mortality Is Not the Way to Judge Quality
April 21 • Southwest Healthcare: How Could So Much Be So Wrong?
April 21 • iPad, Cartoon Bear Seek to Ease Kids’ Fears of Medicine
April 20 • Physicians Claim Doc Rating System is Misleading Patients
April 20 • Better Nurse-Patient Ratios Could Save Thousands of Lives Annually, Says Study
April 19 • Should Doctors Explain Their Board Certification to Patients?
April 16 • Technology Fears, Privacy Breaches Remain Barriers for EHR Use
April 16 • Congress Holds Off Doc Pay Cut Through May 31
April 15 • Fewer Preventable Events Equal Lower Medical Malpractice Claims, Says RAND
April 15 • Senate Close to Spiking Doc Pay Cut
April 14 • 7 Hospitals Fined for Immediate Jeopardy Mistakes
April 14 • Wide Gaps Remain in Quality of Care, Says AHRQ
April 14 • Why Aren’t Hospitals More Concerned About Blood Safety?
April 13 • Jury Finds Against 16 Labor Bosses in Health Worker Case
April 12 • National Effort Scrutinizes Costly Blood Transfusion Complications
April 9 • More Costly Spine Surgery Has Higher Mortality Than Simpler Procedure, Says Study
April 8 • Will Retail Clinics Be a Key Player in Post-Health Reform World?
April 7 • Community Hospital War Pits University Against the Rest of Region’s Healthcare System
April 7 • Recent Earthquakes Renew Interest in Hospitals’ Seismic Stability
April 6 • CA Hospital Near Earthquake Epicenter Suffers Minimal Damage
April 6 • California Docs Must Now Tell Patients Where to Complain About Their Care
April 5 • 10 Issues New CMS Administrator Will Face
April 5 • Many Health Professionals Buying iPad, But its Effect on Healthcare Still in Question
April 2 • Hospital War Centers Around Achieving Better Payer Mix
April 2 • CMS Needs To Improve Improper Payment Recovery, Says GAO
April 1 • State Looks to Protect Volunteer Docs from Malpractice Suits
March 31 • Health Reform Covers More Children, But Who Will Care for Them?
March 31 • What a TV Show Can Teach Us About Readmissions
March 30 • 27 Senators Tell CMS to Relax, Postpone Meaningful Use Rules
March 29 • Will Obama Name Don Berwick to Lead CMS?
March 26 • Hospital Deals are Part of Growing Consolidation Trend, Say Analysts
March 25 • Emergency Rooms and Docs Brace Themselves For Newly Insured
March 25 • Health Reform Does Not Control Premiums, States Look to Fill Void
March 24 • Is Health Reform A Disaster Or Opportunity for Hospitals?
March 24 • Don’t Take Critical Access Hospitals for Granted
March 22 • 11 Health Leaders React to House Passing Health Reform
March 23 • Some Hospitals Turn Profit by Shifting Medicare Losses to Commercial Payers, Says Study
March 18 • State Suspends Medicare Advantage Salesman for Fraudulent Tactics
March 19 • Cardiology Group Fights Medicare Pay Cuts by Offering Concierge Services
March 17 • Retire And Go Fishing? Not For This Rural Florida Keys Doctor
March 5 • $4 Billion in Fraudulent Medicare Charges Found in 2009
March 5 • Court Rules State Can Use Doc Licensing Fees to Help Bridge Budget Gap
March 4 • HRQ: Hospital Patients Less Likely To Get Necessary Care on Weekends
March 4 • Harmful Event Detection Misses Problems, Results in Medicare Overpayments, Says OIG
March 3 • Nonprofit Providers’ Financial Status Improving, Says S&P
March 3 • Four Rival Texas Hospitals Bond For Meaningful Use And To Improve Care
March 1 • HIMSS Survey: Meaningful Use is Driver of Health IT Spending
March 1 • Trained Interpreters Improve Patient and Provider Satisfaction, Says Study
Feb. 26 • California AG Investigating Health Plans on Rate Increases
Feb. 26 • RAND: Obama Reform Plan Would Insure 30 Million, Cost Less than Congress Plans
Feb. 26 • Eight Health Leaders Respond to Obama’s Healthcare Summit
Feb. 25 • Hospitals Renew Battle to Hire Doctors in California
Feb. 24 • Hospital Leaders Give Strategies to Remove ED Bottlenecks
Feb. 23 • Five Health Leaders Respond to Obama Proposal
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Feb. 10 • Nurse Anesthetists Battle Overlooks Rural Doctor Shortage
Feb. 8 • Nurse Anesthetists Say They Practice Safely Without Physician Supervision
Feb. 5 • Do Sleepy Medical Residents Jeopardize Patient Care?
Feb. 4 • Many Small Practice Physicians Putting off Meaningful Use Guidelines
Feb. 3 A Captive Audience—and Providers—Benefit from Telemedicine
Feb. 3 • Doctors Sue To Stop Nurse Anesthetists From Administering Anesthesia
Feb. 2 • Hospitals Treating Haitian Earthquake Survivors Will Receive Higher Payments Than Medicare
Feb. 2 • Obama’s Proposed Budget is a Mixed Bag for Rural Health
Feb. 1 • Surgeons Still Forgetting To Remove Objects from Patients
Jan. 29 • Doctors Speak Out About Red Flags Rule
Jan. 29 • Will the iPad Revolutionize Healthcare?
Jan. 28 • 13 Health Leaders Respond to Obama’s State of the Union Address
Jan. 28 • California Hospitals Fined for Alleged Immediate Jeopardy Mistakes
Jan. 27 • Americans Don’t Trust Feds to Protect Patient Health Record Database
Jan. 27 • Critical Access Hospitals Could Benefit from Drug Discounts
Jan. 26 • Health Reform Would Spend $5B to Create High-Risk Pools for Uninsurable
Jan. 25 • Does Mandating Nurse-Patient Ratios Improve Care?
Jan. 22 • AMA, Other Groups Push to Kill Proposed Physician Pay Cut
Jan. 21 • 10 Health Reform Provisions That Affect Women
Jan. 21 • Senate Bill Takes Aim at Small Employer Insurance Groups
Jan. 20 • Can Art—And Artie Shaw—Reduce Health Costs and Improve Patient Satisfaction?
Jan. 19 • Senate Bill Would Save Safety Net Hospitals Billions in Inpatient Pharmacy Costs
Jan. 15 • Healthcare Community Rushes to Aid Haiti Earthquake Victims
Jan. 15 • Fraud Prevention Program Axed in Health Reform Plan
Jan. 14 • Reform Provision Would Require Providers to Buy Testing Equipment for Obese Patients
Jan. 14 • Rural Minnesota Hospital Survives Fight With Feds
Jan. 13 • Physician Groups:Proposed Health Plan Tax Would Hamper Care Coordination, Raise Premiums
Jan. 12 • Few Doctors Account for Bulk of Workers’ Comp Expenses, Says Study
Jan. 11 • House Reform Bill Would Decrease Uninsured by 24 Million: RAND Study
Jan. 8 • FDA Issues Four Wound Care Precautions
Jan. 8 • Five Strategies That Prove Healthcare is Still a Growth Industry
Jan. 8 • States Not Reporting Adverse Events May Harm Patient Safety, Says Inspector General
Jan. 8 • Healthcare Created 267,000 New Jobs in 2009