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By Richard Pizzi | 11:27 pm | June 15, 2010
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's June 2010 Report to Congress, released Monday, emphasizes the need for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to be a more "innovative purchaser of healthcare."
By Richard Pizzi | 10:58 am | June 15, 2010
The Tenet Healthcare Corporation has raised its outlook for 2010 adjusted earnings by $50 million to a new range of $1.035 billion to $1.1 billion. The company's prior outlook range was $985 million to $1.05 billion.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:20 am | June 15, 2010
At its annual meeting this week in Chicago, the American Medical Association called for funding from all payers - both public and private - for residency training positions for physicians.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:26 am | June 14, 2010
The U.S. healthcare industry can eliminate $3.6 trillion in healthcare waste over the next 10 years by addressing a series of operational inefficiencies, according to a new study by Thomson Reuters.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:45 am | June 11, 2010
The United States is losing ground as the global leader in medical innovation and must pursue coordinated action at the highest levels of government to ensure U.S. competitiveness and create high-paying jobs, according to a new study.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:39 pm | June 09, 2010
Recession? What recession? Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector increased by approximately 8,000 jobs in May, and healthcare has added 20,000 new positions per month over the last year.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:25 am | June 09, 2010
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term rating on revenue bonds issued on behalf of Children's Hospital of Oakland (Calif.) in the wake of that institution's continuing operating losses.
By Richard Pizzi | 09:04 am | June 08, 2010
The Treasury Department has released a report showing that the COBRA health insurance subsidy provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has helped middle class families maintain health insurance coverage during the recession.
By Richard Pizzi | 08:59 am | June 08, 2010
When the Healthcare Financial Management Association scheduled its 2010 ANI conference for Nashville, Tenn., no one expected that Las Vegas would have to bail out the organization.
By Richard Pizzi | 08:53 am | June 08, 2010
The physicians of City of Hope Medical Group in Monrovia, Calif., have issued a vote of "overwhelming loss of confidence" in hospital CEO Michael Friedman and the hospital administration at City of Hope, a renowned cancer center.