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HHS Inspector General says on-call pay for ED is OK
Hospitals everywhere must be thrilled, given their ongoing concerns over how to manage the growing shortage of specialists in emergency departments. The HHS inspector general's office has just issued... Read more...
Senate reform proposal would exclude undocumented aliens
While the Senate Finance Committee seems to be game for making a major expansion of U.S. health coverage, covering undocumented aliens is a bridge too far. That comes from Senate Finance Committee... Read more...
Swine flu fears jamming emergency departments
Flood newspapers, radio and television with publicity about a potentially deadline pandemic, and what do you get? Well, overflowing emergency departments, for one thing. Many U.S. hospitals are being... Read more...
Margins at PA hospitals drop sharply
Call it the bad news wire. Another state hospital association--this time Pennsylvania's--has come out with a report documenting that its financial metrics are at record lows. The Hospital &... Read more...
Case study: ED visits soar in MA
As FierceHealthcare readers know, more patients are seeking care in emergency departments than ever before, taxing not only EDs but hospitals as a whole. This problem includes hospitals in... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: NJ hospitals taught how to identify gang members
Too often, emergency departments care for young men who have been beaten, stabbed and shot as part of their dedication to an ugly profession--participation in an urban gang. Now, in New Jersey, law... Read more...
Healthcare spending growth slows; White House to target 'pay for delay' pharma deals;
> CMS is projecting that the growth in national healthcare spending will slow in 2009, but will nonetheless continue to grow faster than the economy given the current recession. Article > The... Read more...
U of Chicago institutes triage in ED
Last week, the University of Chicago Medical Center announced 450 layoffs, which cut 5 percent off of its workforce. Now, it's following up that cost-control measure with another: it's started... Read more...
Study: Radiologists losing control of imaging industry
Radiologists may be losing their dominance in the imaging industry, partly due to competition and partly due to the intervention of radiology benefit management companies, according to a group of... Read more...
Hospitals use 'quick look' to fight ER crowding
Many emergency departments may be suffering from overcrowding, but the good news is that the problem is pushing many hospitals to be creative in finding solutions. One such solution is the so-called... Read more...
