There is an obvious and ongoing need for hospitals to strengthen their infection prevention programs in order to reduce infection rates as close to zero as possible. First and foremost, it's our job to do so as we work to…
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Ardis Hoven, MD, chair of the American Medical Association has issued a response following the announcement of the formation of a new medical society, America's Medical Society, which was created, in part, to offer an alternative to physicians disenfranchised with…
Delayed Congressional Action on extra funding for state Medicaid programs leaves 16 states with Medicaid budget surpluses and 24 states with gaps in Medicaid funding in fiscal 2011, according to a release by the Council of State Governments.
A group of physicians has formed a new medical society called America's Medical Society in an attempt to bring together individual physicians and medical groups that are disenfranchised with the American Medical Association and oppose healthcare reform, according to an…
The Government Accountability Office showed that CMS cracked down on a Medicare Advantage plan's member communications after the plan warned members the healthcare reform bill could reduce their benefits, according to a report by the Hill.
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In the Nov. 2 elections, the fate of the healthcare reform law may depend more on what happens in dozens of state-level races than on the outcome of the Congressional races, according to a report by Politico.
In response to a myriad of pressures, many hospitals once again have chosen to hire their own physicians. Although not a prime target, hospital medicine, still coming into its own as a medical specialty, has been swept into the current…
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Several Republican governors are rejecting federal grants to their states from the healthcare reform law, according to a report by Politico.
Some political strategists think a big Republican victory in the November elections would fulfill physicians' quest for a longer-term fix of the 23 percent reduction in Medicare pay, due to go into effect on Dec. 1, according to a report…