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Dec 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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For years, hospitals have complained of getting the short end of the stick on reimbursements. Come to find out, they were just blowing smoke.

Dec 08 2010

The Hill

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The federal government must facilitate the widespread adoption of universal standards that will allow healthcare stakeholders to better share electronic health information and maintain patient privacy

Dec 08 2010

InformationWeek

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The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) is launching a new EHR certification program for hospitals that have uncertified legacy software, customized commercial products or self-developed EHR systems

Dec 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A controversial practice in which physicians self-refer patients for imaging tests with the doctors’ own equipment does not result in shorter length of illness

Dec 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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While many investigative efforts have unequivocally shown that healthcare spending variation exists across geographic regions in the U.S., the causation and effects of this variation have remained at the forefront of healthcare research

Dec 08 2010

Bloomberg

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Aetna Inc., the third-largest U.S. medical insurer, agreed to buy closely held Medicity Inc. for about $500 million to expand its health-information services

Dec 08 2010

Bloomberg

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U.S. physicians would get a one-year reprieve from a 25 percent cut in the fees they receive from Medicare under an agreement announced by senators

Dec 08 2010

The Hill

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The Medicare payment advisory panel is warning that accountable care organizations (ACOs), boosted by the new healthcare reform law, might face public backlash

Dec 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The government’s broad insider-trading investigation is focusing in part on how hedge funds may have traded on information obtained from consultants such as doctors who were hired to discuss their work with investor

Dec 07 2010

Politico

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Congressional Republicans are hoping to put Democrats in a no-win new year’s jam: defund a big chunk of their health care overhaul or slash Medicare payments instead