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AMA blasts insurers for costly 20 percent error rate
June 20th, 2011, 2:06 pmHealth insurance errors cost health systems $1.5 billion in unnecessary administrative costs, according to new research released today from the American Medical Association (AMA), which studied the Read more »
Healthcare could help speed economy recovery
June 20th, 2011, 12:32 pmAlthough moving slowly, the U.S. economy has seen modest growth of two to three percent, according to former White House advisors. Read more »
Hospitals are overusing double CT scans, risking patient harm, CMS finds
June 20th, 2011, 12:21 pmAs imaging testing ranks as one of the fastest growing procedures, hundreds of hospitals may be needlessly irradiating patients by overusing double CT scans, according early data released from the Read more »
Physician-executive committee leads to better patient care
June 20th, 2011, 11:37 amHealthcare board pay up 13%, outpaces other industries
June 20th, 2011, 11:02 amThe average compensation for a healthcare board director grew to $137,601 in 2010, up 13.3 percent from $121,743 in 2009, according to a study by accounting and consulting firm BDO USA.
Hospitals woo private-practice PCPs into employed hospitalist roles
June 20th, 2011, 10:36 amHospitals are luring primary care physicians away from their private practices to instead work as employed physicians of hospitals, reports The Washington Post. Read more »
Personal, electronic health records present challenges for physicians
June 17th, 2011, 1:52 pmPersonal health records (PHRs) can be beneficial in improving interactions with patients, according to interviews with 10 family physicians conducted by researchers at the University of Western Read more »
Why nurses are essential to ACO implementation
June 17th, 2011, 1:16 pmThe key to implementing accountable care organizations (ACOs) could already live in your institution--the registered nurse, according to an America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) article. Read more »
New DOJ guidelines affect hospital mergers
June 17th, 2011, 12:03 pmAs hospitals across the country find themselves merging, acquiring, or consolidating, updated policies from the Department of Justice (DOJ) provide guidelines to remedy the merger process, released Read more »
Hospitalist salary plateaus, say MGMA and SHM
June 17th, 2011, 10:59 amHospitalists' compensation is steadying, while productivity grows, according to new data released on Wednesday from the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) and Medical Group Management Association ( Read more »
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