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| Congress starts Planned Parenthood hearings, accusations fly | | | A prominent abortion foe is accusing Planned Parenthood of violating federal laws barring for-profit sales of fetal tissue, while a defender of the group says it's done nothing illegal as Congress begins long-awaited hearings that are already... |
| Dartmouth innovation chief departs system | | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 6:59 PM | |
| | Terry Carroll, chief innovation officer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, has left the Lebanon, N.H.-based health system to "pursue other interests," a spokesman said. |
| Healthcare consolidation hearings likely to include ACA blame game | | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 6:15 PM | |
| | Two massive health insurance mergers in the works have reignited a fiery discussion over excessive consolidation. A series of House hearings that begins this week will look for villains: hospitals, doctors, insurers and, of course, the Affordable... |
| Expanded rev-cycle software boosts Craneware profits | | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 5:52 PM | |
| | With the healthcare industry shifting from volume-based to value-based pay and facing more patients who act like consumers, Craneware appears to be among the successful revenue-cycle vendors who are becoming more than just a collection agency. |
| Agencies, AARP blast Medicare's home health pay cut, quality demo | | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 4:15 PM | |
| | The CMS is under fire from home health firms and senior citizen advocates for its proposed reductions in the reimbursement schedule and a proposed quality incentive program. They fear it will jeopardize patient access to home healthcare. |
| Diabetes prevalence remains high, costly | | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 4:00 PM | |
| | An estimated 1 in 8 adult Americans has diabetes. While recent public policies appear to have stopped the spread of obesity, the primary cause of Type 2 diabetes, reversing the epidemic will require sustained and expanded efforts. |
| Seton Medical Center names new CEO | | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 1:07 PM | |
| | Seton Medical Center, a part of the Los Altos Hills, Calif-based Daughters of Charity Health System, will soon have a new CEO. |
| Docs, hospitals contend insurer mergers will quash competition | | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 9:00 AM | |
| | If the pending mergers between Anthem and Cigna Corp., and Aetna and Humana are approved by the federal government, major insurance markets in almost half the country would suffer from reduced competition and potentially higher prices, according to... |
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