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A legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act's restriction on doctors owning hospitals was foiled last week when the U.S. Court of Appeals in Houston dismissed an appeal from Physician Hospitals of America and the Texas Spine & Joint Hospital.
If you were tired of the lies, half-truths and fear-mongering that has pervaded the health reform debate for the past three years, well strap on your hip waders, because it's about to get deep.
The electrical and magnetic neurostimulation technologies market reached $16.3 billion in 2011 and is expected to grow moderately during the next few years, according to a recent report from life sciences research publisher Kalorama Information.
Most of the headlines about the choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as running mate for presidential candidate Mitt Romney have screamed about how the author of the House budget plan would upend the Medicare program and upset seniors' certainty about healthcare. Ryan's plans for Medicaid, however, are more extreme and immediate.
In early August, Humana purchased Harris, Rothenberg International, a private company providing employee assistance programs, or EAPs. Considering that the EAP market is so consolidated, observers say, the acquisition may be more about staying competitive than generating new revenue.
Healthcare organizations are being more proactive in the prevention of burnout among their staff. After all, it's within a provider's best interest to keep expenses down around the well-being of their employees. "If employees leave a company, there's a cost to advertise and recruit. Providers lose out every single day there's an empty position," explained Tricia Pattee, product director with HEALTHeCAREERS, an online resource for both recruitment and job searches within the healthcare industry.
A new survey conducted by the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) shows that non-profit providers undergo a higher percentage of government audits than their for-profit peers.
Since the announcement that Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan is presidential candidate Mitt Romney's running mate, many of the headlines about the choice have focused on how the author of the House budget plan would upend the Medicare program and upset seniors' certainty about healthcare. Ryan's plans for Medicaid, however, merit some attention because they are more immediate.
Just over a decade ago, members of Arkansas Children's Hospital's management decided to go to Disney World. It wasn't a fun-and-games trip, although fun was had. They went to learn about developing a culture that would support everyone working at the hospital and everyone using hospital services. Arkansas Children's was ahead of a trend recently taking hold in the healthcare industry: valuing customer service.
Earlier this month, the Mayo Clinic agreed to settle claims by the U.S. Department of Justice that the Rochester, Minn.-based healthcare system falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid for surgical pathology services that were not provided.