Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has filed a state lawsuit accusing 18 drugmakers of overcharging the state Medicaid program, according to a report by the Times-Picayune.
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In a major study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and Mayo Clinic researchers, two-thirds of surgeons did not want restrictions on their hours, even when they exceeded 80 hours a week and increased the likelihood of depression, burn-out and career…
After declining for the 15 years from 1980 to 1995, the total hospitalization rate in the United States leveled off between the period from 1995 to 2007, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Hospital Discharge Survey:…
The AHA is now backing repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a powerful rate-setting body created by the healthcare reform law, according to an AHA release.
If Congress doesn't block the Medicare physician fee cut, it would be a "catastrophe," setting off an exodus of physicians from the program and constricting beneficiaries' access to care, AMA President Cecil Wilson, MD, said in an interview with Kaiser…
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With 84 percent of U.S. CFOs citing employee benefits as their greatest pricing pressure, 30 percent of U.S. them are planning to reduce healthcare benefits, according to a Grant Thornton release sharing national survey findings.
The editorial team at Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's ASC Review is currently working on our list of the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare," to be published online on May 1, 2011, and in our May/June print issues.…
Cleveland Clinic has launched a new international website, focused on providing Middle Eastern visitors with health information, according to a Cleveland Clinic news release.
The Health Information Management field is constantly evolving. Industry changes are vast and vary from the implementation of electronic health records to an increased focus on protected health information. Yet, they share a common theme — information technology is now…
The healthcare reform law is major reason why Republican candidates are expected to win a high percentage of competitive House districts in the upcoming elections, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.