Economic Changes Hurt The Bottom Line For Rural Ga. Hospitals
To save money, some cut procedures, such as labor and delivery services, but a growing number are forced to close.
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Obama: ‘The Law Is Here To Stay’
President Barack Obama gave a speech Friday on the health law, and he emphasized his administration's commitment to moving forward with a full rollout of all the law's provisions.
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Medicaid Expansion Divides Florida GOP
House speaker talks about his family's reliance on "safety net" help when he was young, but he still opposes health law's new Medicaid funding.
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D.C. Hospitals And Nurses Fight Over Staffing Ratios
Hospitals say a proposal requiring minimum nurse-to-patient ratios would put them out of business. Nurses say the ratios are needed to ensure quality care.
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Ohio, Arkansas May Provide New Model For Insuring Low-Income Residents
Other states are watching as the federal government appears likely to allow the two states to use federal Medicaid dollars to purchase private coverage on their insurance exchanges.
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Long Waits For Consumers When Medicare Is ‘Secondary Payer’
A new law sets schedules for providing details about medical claims in cases where a beneficiary suffers a personal injury due to someone else's negligence.
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Post-Sandy, NYU Langone Has Reopened, But Can It Regain Market Share?
Some 500 NYU doctors found refuge at other hospitals while NYU was closed following Hurricane Sandy. Now, the question looms whether all of the patients and doctors will return.
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Nurse Practitioners Push To Help Care For Health Law’s Newly Insured
In a KHN interview, David Hebert, CEO of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, says lawmakers should allow advanced practice nurses to practice more independently to make sure the nation's 27 million newly covered will be able to get timely and quality care.
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Hospitals Crack Down On Tirades By Angry Doctors
For many years, hospitals were reluctant to address physicians who berated nurses, threw scalpels or demeaned co-workers. But increasingly such actions bring discipline.
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Some States Will Rate Health Plans On Quality This Fall
Beginning in October, some states will score health plans on cancer screening rates and flu shot delivery, among other measures, to help consumers make smarter buying decisions.
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Walmart Health Screening Stations Touted As Part Of ‘Self-Service Revolution’
The kiosks are part of a technology boom targeted at consumers seeking instant health data and cheaper, more convenient care.
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Lawmaker Pitches New FDA Office Of Mobile Health
A bill set to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives later this month aims to smooth the FDA's evaluation process for mobile health apps.
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Hospices, Wary Of Costs, May Be Discouraging Patients With High Expenses
A survey finds that more than three-quarters of hospices have restrictive enrollment policies designed to keep away patients with high-cost medical needs.
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At Health Law Anniversary, Even Bigger Changes Loom
Health policy reporters weigh in on what's changed since the Affordable Care Act became law three years ago for consumers, businesses, state governments, and what's next for expanding Medicaid and launching exchanges.
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