Archives for October 2012
12 Key Issues Hospitals Will Face in 201330 Oct 2012
In an Oct. 17 webinar presented by Becker’s Hospital Review, Scott Becker, JD, CPA, a partner at McGuireWoods in Chicago and... Continue Reading
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CEO: Highmark offered West Penn Allegheny extra $125M to file for bankruptcy30 Oct 2012
Highmark Inc. offered West Penn Allegheny Health System $125 million as a sweetener to get the struggling hospital system to... Continue Reading
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NuPhysicia Completes Alliance Agreement with Harris CapRock for Remote … – The Herald | HeraldOnline.com30 Oct 2012
NuPhysicia Completes Alliance Agreement with Harris CapRock for Remote ...The Herald | HeraldOnline.comNuPhysicia's InPlace Medical Solutions support health services ranging from isolated injuries to preventative care and include an electronic medi...
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Partners, Harvard Pilgrim reach new four-year contract that limits annual payment increases30 Oct 2012
Partners HealthCare System has struck a new four-year contract with insurer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care that both sides said will... Continue Reading
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Pre-ACO Checklist for CFOs30 Oct 2012
Many accountable care organizations have formed across the nation in the past year. Though the ACO model is still developing,... Continue Reading
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Waste in U.S. Health Care: Your First-Hand Accounts30 Oct 2012
According to the Institute of Medicine, about 30 percent of U.S. health care spending (about $750 billion) was wasted in... Continue Reading
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How Bundled Payments Just Might Save Health Care From Itself30 Oct 2012
In the 1960s, Texas Instruments developed the first handheld calculator. It could display up to 12 digits while performing addition,... Continue Reading
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Dr. Barry Zuckerman says medical-legal partnerships a key to meeting patient needs30 Oct 2012
Doctors increasingly are being asked to address their patients’ health issues outside of exam rooms and hospitals. New models of... Continue Reading
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Medic-aid Spending Growth Drops As Enrollment Slows30 Oct 2012
In a sign of the improving national economy, Medicaid spending growth this year slowed to 2 percent as enrollment in... Continue Reading
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Consumers Are Catalysts of Health System Innovation30 Oct 2012
After years of stagnant business innovation, health organizations are now being poked and prodded by consumers to innovate. The consumer... Continue Reading
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