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Hospitals
Are Physician’s Writing More Narcotic RX’s to Improve Patient Satisfaction Scores?
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PAs in Orthopedic Surgery Growing in Numbers & Responsibilities
Written by Sean Hazzard, PA-C | Wednesday, 25 June 2014 10:46 Does your practice have to schedule new patients out…
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Medtronic’s medical device tax bill was $112M
June 20, 2014 by Brad Perriello Medtronic says it paid out $112 million during fiscal 2014 for the medical device tax enacted…
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Most with Obamacare were previously uninsured, new survey finds
About 4.5 million of the 8 million Americans who signed up for health insurance on marketplaces created by the new…
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New Poll Reveals Obamacare’s Big Winners
Jeffrey Young jeffrey.young@huffingtonpost.com If you want Americans to like Obamacare, giving them some money seems to help. A new poll…
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U.S. Health Care Ranked Worst in the Developed World
Melissa Hellmann June 17, 2014 The U.S. ranks worst among 11 wealthy nations in terms of “efficiency, equity and outcomes”…
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Financial
Device makers fight pricing war with new study
June 17, 2014 by Arezu Sarvestani Medtech lobbying group AdvaMed releases a new study on industry pricing, arguing that medical devices represent…
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Medical Device Spending a Small Piece of the Healthcare Pie: AdvaMed
Posted in Medical Device Business by Brian Buntz on June 17, 2014 AdvaMed has released a new study stating that medical device spending is slow relative…
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Study: Young Adults Healthier Under PPACA
Written by Helen Adamopoulos (Twitter | Google+) | June 18, 2014 Young adults report better health and lower out-of-pocket healthcare expenses under the…
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Without Eric Cantor, No “Replace” Vote on Obamacare
By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 6/11/14 5:29 PM EDT House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s shocking primary loss Tuesday night all but kills…
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Solo and rural docs have steepest climb to reach MU
June 11, 2014 | Diana Manos Participation in the federal EHR meaningful use program continues to grow, although relative success rates…
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Spine
Post Sunshine Act: How Spine Surgeon Relationships With Industry Are Evolving
In August 2013, the Physician Payment Sunshine Act went into effect, meaning industry interactions with physicians were recorded and published…
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The Health-Care Industry Is Pushing Patients to Help Themselves
By LAURA LANDRO It’s the last mile in the race to fix health care—getting patients more involved. Hospitals, doctors and public-health…
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What if Medicare Were the Only Payer?
Written by Bob Herman (Twitter | Google+) | May 06, 2014 Viewed in a vacuum, no other program in the U.S. healthcare system…
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Recon
AMA urges physicians to begin registration, review on Sunshine Act database
As key deadlines approach for the registration and database review process of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, the AMA is…
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