Tuesday, 30 June 2015

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A first: New guidelines back device for treating strokes
Monday, June 29, 2015 7:07 PM
Many stroke patients have a new treatment option -- if they seek help fast enough to get it. New guidelines endorse using a removable stent to open clogged arteries causing a stroke.


Supreme Court rules Texas abortion clinics can remain open
Monday, June 29, 2015 7:00 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court acted Monday to keep Texas' 19 abortion clinics open, amid a legal fight that threatens to close more than half of them.


Who controls the data? U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear healthcare case
Monday, June 29, 2015 4:30 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next term on whether a self-funded insurer should have to turn over certain information to the state of Vermont, a case that could have far-reaching implications over who controls certain healthcare data.


Catholic Health Initiatives continues to face growing pains
Monday, June 29, 2015 4:15 PM
Catholic Health Initiatives is still feeling the pinch from its rapid growth strategy, which has added costs faster than CHI can cut them through a systemwide restructuring initiative.


Massachusetts seeks to address mental healthcare crisis
Monday, June 29, 2015 3:30 PM
Lawmakers in Massachusetts on Monday discussed bills that seek to reduce boarding of behavioral health patients in hospital emergency departments and keep them out of correctional facilities.


Kidney-care providers to face CMS fines and see new quality metrics
Monday, June 29, 2015 3:20 PM
Kidney-care providers could see their Medicare payments reduced by up to 2% in the next few years if they do not score high enough on quality measures.


Community health centers split on whether to start their own Medicaid plans
Monday, June 29, 2015 2:32 PM
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, a federally qualified community health center serving 80,000 Washingtonians and Oregonians under full-risk Medicaid managed-care contracts, has no intention to launch its own Medicaid managed-care plan. But some...


Sibling punches aren't only assaults U.S. kids face, survey finds
Monday, June 29, 2015 2:00 PM
Getting punched by your brother or sister is sometimes a painful rite of passage, but many U.S. kids also experience other types of assaults, mistreatment and abuse, a large government-funded survey found.


McKesson appoints McElligot as new CIO, CTO
Monday, June 29, 2015 1:01 PM
Healthcare giant McKesson Corp. has appointed Kathy McElligot as its next CIO and CTO. McKesson is heavily investing in health information technology startups and is expecting to spend several hundred million dollars over the next five to eight...


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