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Physicians show 'mounting frustration' over current payment rate

President Barack Obama's State of the Union address highlighted an aspect of the healthcare debate that shows how much Democrats have riding on finding new ways to cut Medicare and Medicaid costs without cutting enrollment.

Mediating malpractice suits saves money, study finds

Intent is ‘transfer of knowledge’ to other systems.

Battle continues to wage in 26 lawsuits nationwide

Facilities see 11 percent reduction in hospital-onset MRSA

Consolidation, Medicare cuts on the horizon

Adventist mulls appeal, court action after commission’s unanimous vote

Allen Archer is system manager for capital planning for the Wellmont Health System, a 10-hospital health system based in Kingsport, Tenn. Archer spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News Editor Richard Pizzi about how Wellmont handles capital procurement, and he offers insights on national trends in capital spending after a deep recession.

I’ve never been a happy consumer of those articles written in the month of January that predict healthcare trends for the forthcoming year.