Recently added articles from Modern Healthcare:
Trust issues; Obama administration plans to take more regulatory approach on healthcare mergers.
Jun 29, 2009 ... Byline: Gregg Blesch As a candidate for U.S. president, Barack Obama said that the Bush administration had "perhaps the weakest record of antitrust enforcement of any administration in the past half-century.'' Over the past few months, President Obama has picked the people he ...
AMA's moment; Obama visit makes news, but group's role unsure.(American Medical Association)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Andis Robeznieks President Barack Obama's visit to last week's meeting of the American Medical Association House of Delegates in Chicago made a big splash, but whether the speech and follow-up from the physician group will have any significance on healthcare reform ...
Catholic labor's guiding light? U.S. bishops' conference to release `blue print' for management on union issues.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Joe Carlson The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is scheduled to release a comprehensive set of principles this week intended to guide hospital executives in negotiating contracts with labor unions that ideally would make that process much smoother for both sides. ...
Dueling views; Dems support employer mandates, business doesn't.(health care reform; employee health care benefits)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Rebecca Vesely With healthcare reform on the fast track, the question of whether employers should be required to provide coverage to their workers or pay the government to do so is taking center stage, with top Democrats supporting this idea while powerful business ...
Corrections & Clarifications.(Correction notice)
Jun 22, 2009 ... * The June 15 article "The moral is the story,'' (p. 6), misidentified a speaker at a June 8 session of the Catholic ...
Hackensack change coming; CEO Ferguson retiring; Garrett named acting chief.(John Ferguson to be replaced by Robert Garrett as president of Hackensack University Medical Center)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Jessica Zigmond Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center said John Ferguson will retire as president and CEO on July 1. Robert Garrett, the hospital's executive vice president and chief operating officer, was named acting president and CEO. Ferguson has ...
Being held accountable; Scrushy ordered to pay billions; L.A. exec pleads guilty.(HealthSouth former chief executive officer Richard Scrushy)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Gregg Blesch Innovation is appreciated in healthcare, but executives have been reminded again to dedicate their creativity to the money they can earn providing care to patientspatients who need it. Richard Scrushy is now on the hook for $2.88 billion in a ...
Isotopes on the ropes; Molybdenum-99 shortage has some clamoring for U.S. production.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Jessica Zigmond A major problem stemming from the recent shutdown of a Canadian nuclear reactor is more about economics than physics, as nuclear and medical experts asked Congress for funding to solve the current supply-and-demand dilemma surrounding medical ...
Late News.(healthcare workers caught swine flu; antitrust clearance for Prince William Health System and Suburban Hospital Healthcare System; Health Net services; David Wessner of Park Nicollet to retire)
Jun 22, 2009 ... Flu precautions not always followed by sick workers: CDC Half of healthcare workers infected with H1N1 influenza A, commonly known as swine flu, acquired the virus in a healthcare setting and did not use all recommended forms of personal protective equipment on a consistent ...
Out of the debate; Immigrants are missing quotient in reform talks.(health care reform)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Joe Carlson As Congress considers different reform proposals, one sizable group of the uninsured appears destined to remain outside the reform conversation no matter what plan becomes law. Illegal immigrants make up a large share of the people living in the ...
Walking on Golden eggshells; Some Calif. hospitals sweating seismic mandates.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Rebecca Vesely Seton Medical Center is no stranger to catastrophe. Just before its grand opening in 1906, Seton was destroyed by the infamous San Francisco earthquake and fires. Another earthquake damaged the San Francisco facility in 1957. Daughters of ...
LABOR ACCORDS.(hospital and labor unions)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2009 ... Labor accords, which are gaining favor as a means to keep peace between hospitals and labor unions, often include: * Both sides can agree to pre-screen one another's literature about the union before distribution. * Management may agree not to "interfere with ...
Some wary of RAC's cousin; Exec: MIC makes RAC seem like child's play.(medicaid integrity contractors)(recovery audit contractors)
Jun 15, 2009; ... Byline: Jennifer Lubell The CMS is attempting to clarify the role of new federal contract audits being performed under Medicaid that providers fear will operate in a similar fashion to the controversial Recovery Audit Contractor program in Medicare. Medicaid ...
Medicare savings ID'd.
Jun 15, 2009 ... Byline: Matthew DoBias The Obama administration said it has identified an additional $313 billion in savings, primarily from Medicare, which will translate into lower federal payments to hospitals. The lion's share of the cuts will come from measures that would pay hospitals ...
Borrowing bounces back; Bond issues on pace to topple '08 figures.
Jun 15, 2009 ... Byline: Vince Galloro In February, Tenet Healthcare Corp. was able to push back the due dates on about $1.4 billion in bonds, and the company paid for the privilege in higher interest rates on the new bonds. This month, the Dallas-based hospital operator managed to extend its ...
Maine revamps funding formula.
Jun 15, 2009; ... Byline: Rebecca Vesely A slew of new laws enacted last week in Maine change the funding mechanism for its universal healthcare program, tighten certificate-of-need rules and boost surveillance reporting on hospital-acquired infections. The state is abandoning its ...
Making a comeback; While interest rates are still more costly and financings more complex, credit continues to loosen.
Jun 15, 2009 ... Byline: Melanie Evans The nation's jarring credit shakeout has rapidly altered healthcare financing's landscape for the majority of U.S. hospitals. Significant investors in the tax-exempt bond market disappeared during the past year, as did major players in ...
Outliers Asides & Insides.(laws putting limits on gifts offer by medical representatives)(use of sanitizing detector for hospital employees )(global swine flu pandemic )
Jun 15, 2009 ... Tales of the Donald, the healthcare edition Amway. Herbalife. Mary Kay. Shaklee. Trump? Yes, the Donald's newest business venture is taking him into the world of multilevel marketing, hawking a line of customized health regimens. So it's a twofer: He wants to make ...
New tourist attractions; More patients looking at home before going abroad.
Jun 15, 2009; ... Byline: Jennifer Lubell Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kan., recently decided that it could break into a market monopolized by overseas hospitalsand offer high-quality, more-convenient care to patients. In conducting research of medical tourism options in other ...
Charitable definitions; HFMA takes strict stance on charity care.(Healthcare Financial Management Association)
Jun 15, 2009 ... Byline: Melanie Evans As not-for-profit hospitals prepare for more detailed public disclosure of their charity care, a major healthcare finance association offered ideas on how hospitals might determine whether a patient's unpaid account counts as charity care or bad debt. ...