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Medical identity theft information still scarce

October 16, 2008 — 10:08am ET | By Anne Zieger
This week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) held its town hall on medical identity theft as promised. Most of what people learned, however, was that... Read more...

N.J. Blue plan files to go for-profit

August 18, 2008 — 4:56pm ET | By Anne Zieger
New Jersey's Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield has filed with the state to convert from not-for-profit to for-profit status, in what it says is a bid to boost its financial options. In its filing... Read more...

Live from HiMSS08: Mike Leavitt touts local health exchanges

February 26, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Today at HiMSS, audiences were treated to a speech from Mike Leavitt, head of almighty HHS. Leavitt, who comes across as far more relaxed and informal than you might expect from a guy with his... Read more...

AHA lobbies to fight cuts, boost health IT

February 11, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Hospitals, if you're wondering whether the American Hospital Association is fighting for your interests on the Hill, here's one piece of evidence to ponder. The trade group apparently paid a lobbying... Read more...

Trend: Hospital corps sell services to competitors

January 17, 2008 — 7:59am ET
In a business facing the overhead hospitals do, just about anything you can do to lower costs makes sense. So it's little surprise--though still noteworthy--that hospital chains are increasingly... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: HCA closes Cedars deal; AMA endorses health IT tax credits; and much more...

December 5, 2007 — 7:59am ET
> HCA has closed its sale of Miami-based Cedars Medical Center to the University of Miami for $260 million. Read more...

Study: Tracking, control of hospital infections still tough

October 22, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Despite the newly-intense scrutiny focused on hospital-acquired infections, new study suggests that hospitals are still getting their arms around some key infection controls, including control of... Read more...

Feds consider restructuring Medicare quality program

August 6, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Two U.S. Senators have introduced legislation intended to tighten up the $400 million program responsible for providing Medicare technical assistance. The Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) was... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: IT helps groups improve P4P performance

July 24, 2007 — 6:59am ET
IT investment programs may seem nice to have, rather than necessary, to many non-technical managers. But that could turn out to be a short-sighted view. According to a new study, the more California... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: WI price hotline proves popular; Nurse recruitment in NY; and much more...

July 1, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> A Milwaukee-area health system is getting hundreds of calls a month to its hotline giving patients pre-visit price quotes. Article

> Here's a look at how some Buffalo, N.Y.-area hospital systems are attracting new nursing hires. Article

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