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Illinois hospital data finally goes online
At long last, Illinois will begin publishing hospital performance data on a state-run website. We say "at long last" because the laws requiring the reports were passed a whopping five years ago, in... Read more...
NJ bill allows for docs to refer patients to their own ASCs
A bill signed in New Jersey on Monday allows doctors to refer patients to their own ambulatory surgery centers, but specifies that the referring physician must also perform the surgery themselves.... Read more...
Ambulatory surgery centers struggle in NJ, around the country
There are nearly 5,000 ambulatory surgery centers around the country, but some face more challenges based on the state in which they are located. Tensions ebb and flow between hospital-owned and... Read more...
PA bill would end required overtime by health workers
A new bill working its way through the Pennsylvania legislature would ban the state's hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and long-term-care providers from demanding nurses and other clinical... Read more...
MedPAC mulls financial relationship disclosure rules
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has started considering recommendations that would require new disclosures regarding financial relationships between drug manufacturers, device... Read more...
NJ hospitals in dire straits after charity budget cuts
While hospitals in every state are struggling to fund charity care and bad debt, things in New Jersey are particularly bad. Not only does the state have 1.3 million people without insurance--and a... Read more...
New Hampshire rolls out hand-washing program
New Hampshire's Commission of Healthcare Quality Assurance has rolled a campaign intended to foster safe hand-washing practices in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The program, which is... Read more...
Trend: Medical prices set to jump again
While medical prices fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2007, observers say that health costs likely will shoot up again, soon. According to an article in the journal Health Affairs by author... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Minn. health plans lose money; ASCs struggle with EMRs; and much more...
> Minnesota health plans lost money last year, which suggests that premiums will rise faster in coming years. Article > A... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia revamping CON, ASC rules
The deed is done. Georgia has officially passed a new law that not only streamline's the state's CON program, but also allows general surgeons to open ambulatory surgery centers without prior... Read more...
