Archives for August 2013
August 30, 2013-5 Most Challenging Joint Commission Hospital Requirements30 Aug 2013
Friday August 30, 2013 Home | Subscribe Provider Advisory Weekly Top Stories CMS Looking at Claims Involving Jailed Patients Tax... Continue Reading
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$6.1 million agreement will keep neighborhood health care alive in New Orleans through 201427 Aug 2013
Most of the low-income residents who have depended on New Orleans’ system of primary care and mental health clinics for... Continue Reading
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Ky. childrens hospitals announce partnership27 Aug 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Officials at the state’s two children’s hospitals have announced their intent to form a partnership. The Courier-Journal... Continue Reading
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St. Joseph draws federal Medicare fine for readmission rate27 Aug 2013
St. Joseph Medical Center was penalized under a new federal mandate challenging hospitals across the country to reduce readmission rates.... Continue Reading
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Readmissions cost U.S. hospitals millions in penalties27 Aug 2013
Massachusetts hospitals will lose millions of dollars in funding this year — and perhaps tens of millions more in the... Continue Reading
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Ultrasound May Cut Thyroid Biopsy Rate27 Aug 2013
Certain characteristics of thyroid nodules identified on ultrasound can help predict the likelihood of cancer, and may also help determine... Continue Reading
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Healthcare Job Growth Slows27 Aug 2013
The federal budget sequester and uncertainty about healthcare reform may be curtailing hiring in physician practices and hospitals, a recent survey... Continue Reading
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Dallas-Fort Worth Executives Named to Modern Healthcare’s Most Influential List27 Aug 2013
Three Dallas-Fort Worth healthcare executives have been named to Modern Healthcare‘s annual “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” list, the publication... Continue Reading
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Hospital board, authority OK settlement27 Aug 2013
ALBANY — Four days following a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that will allow Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to... Continue Reading
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Interfaith Medical Center to remain open – for 16 more days, thanks to judge’s ruling27 Aug 2013
The dying Interfaith Medical Center still has a faint heartbeat, thanks to a sympathetic bankruptcy judge. Supporters of the Bedford-Stuyvesant... Continue Reading
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