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May 17 2011

AP News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A surprising study of nearly 46 million Medicare patients says older residents in rural areas are more likely to have any of nine common surgeries than people in cities.

May 16 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

WellPoint Inc. is raising the stakes for reimbursing about 1,500 hospitals across the country, cutting off annual payment increases if they fail to deliver on the big health insurer’s definition of quality patient care.

May 16 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

On Wednesday, researchers will unveil three large studies on efforts to screen for several types of cancer, allowing for a better understanding of how to detect the diseases at their critical beginning stages.

May 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The ICU burden is expected to grow over the next few decades, as hospitals prepare for what some experts say will be an explosion of new patients amid an increasing elderly population

May 16 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The prognosis: the trust fund (covering hospital stays) will be exhausted in 2024

May 16 2011

New York Times

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Many nursing homes and home care agencies, alarmed at the cost of providing health insurance to hundreds of thousands of health care workers, have started a lobbying effort seeking some kind of exemption

May 16 2011

Medpagetoday

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Rural patients were 5.4 times more likely than their urban counterparts to visit a hospital emergency department with an eye injury

May 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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IPPS Proposed Changes Clarify Three-Day Rule

May 13 2011

KevinMD.com

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Mental health and the shortage of psychiatric help in the ER

May 13 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The American Medical Group Association warned this week that proposed rules governing accountable care organizations are “overly prescriptive” and “too burdensome,” and will discourage physician participation.

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