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ALSO NOTED: Health plans vow premium, reimbursement crackdown; Diabetes drug spending takes lead position; and much more...
> Hoping to calm nervous investors, health plans are promising Wall Street types that they're going to hike premiums and ratchet down payments to providers. Good luck, guys. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: S&P to rate non-profit hospitals' IT investments; Pharmas winning legal battle over pre-emption; and much more...
> Ratings firm Standard & Poor's has announced that it plans to track not-for-profit hospitals' IT investments and factor them in significantly in how they rate the hospitals' financial Read more...
More UCLA staffers cited for record snooping
California regulators have identified an additional 14 staffers connected with UCLA Medical Center who improperly viewed celebrity medical records. This brings the total number of current and former Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Bird flu pandemic risk rising; Los Angeles hospitals struggle with excess demand; and much more...
> Experts are warning that the risk of a bird flu pandemic is rising. Read more...
Trend: Identity thieves get better at stealing medical records
Recently, identity thieves have become increasingly focused on stealing medical records--and have begun using better methods to get patient data, too. Medical records offer a rich trove of Read more...
ALSO NOTED: NJ flunks Medicaid security audit; Study says infants aren't getting vaccines on time; and much more...
> New Jersey's Medicaid program has flunked a state security audit, which found that the program isn't doing enough to monitor who looks at sensitive data. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Revenue growth slows for PA hospitals, but they remain profitable; JAMA rips journal use for off-label pharma marke
> Revenue growth has slowed for Pennsylvania hospitals, but still continues, and they continue to enjoy relatively healthy margins. 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...
Report: UCLA privacy breaches happen often
When a hospital treats celebrities, it's no surprise that employees will be tempted to get a peek at their records--as happened recently when employees improperly looked into records on singer Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Wisconsin facilities support hospital tax; Are biotech drug doses too high?; and much more...
> For complex reasons--which add up to their getting more income at the end of the day--Wisconsin health systems actually are in favor of being taxed at about 1 percent of their revenue. Read more...
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