New Hampshire news from FierceHealthcare
NewsState owes $35M in Medicaid errors
Although hospitals in New Hampshire cut their state tax fee by $50 million last month, the state will be paying $35.8 million back to the federal government starting next year. According to the Read more...
More cash-strapped hospitals laying off workers
Although national healthcare job numbers are bouncing back to pre-recession levels, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates, some hospitals--particularly in New Read more...
Doctors are stopping states from digging into medical liability funds
As everyone knows, states are struggling to keep their budgets afloat, sometimes by digging into state-created medical liability funds. This hasn't sat well with doctors, who, in New Hampshire and Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: NH can't take malpractice fund surplus
So, New Hampshire officials, thought you'd close the gap in your budget by taking the malpractice fund's extra dollars? "Not so fast," a judge has said. Officials wanted to take the $110 million Read more...
Federal appeals court upholds NH data mining ban
The federal appeals court in Boston has dealt data mining companies like IMS Health and Verispan a huge blow by reinstating a New Hampshire law that bans the sale of doctor-specific prescription Read more...
Court may reinstate prescription 'data mining' ban in NH
In mid-2007, a court struck down New Hampshire law banning the practice of collecting data on physician prescribing patterns and selling it to pharmaceutical company marketing departments. It sided Read more...
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