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Grassley: 'Public option' a 'deal-breaker'
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) said yesterday that he hopes he and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) can introduce a health bill to congress by the summer that would allow congress to set minimum standards for... Read more...
South FL emergency depts cited for denying care
Five hospitals based in South Florida's Palm Beach County were recently cited for denying treatment to 30 patients entering their emergency departments last year. While these incidents reflect... Read more...
Stark case proceeds against SC hospital
A judge has given the U.S. Department of Justice the go-ahead to pursue a pending whistle-blower lawsuit against a South Carolina health system. A surgeon filed the whistleblower suit against Sumter,... Read more...
ASCs get boost in Georgia
Just yesterday, we got news of a decision which could endanger the future of ambulatory surgery centers in New Jersey. Today, meanwhile, we learn that things might get a lot easier for ASCs in... Read more...
Study: Specialists order more imaging within specialty
A new study suggests that physicians who refer patients for imaging within their own specialty order more often than physicians who refer to radiologists. The study, which appears in the November... Read more...
Despite fears, Medicare cuts didn't harm cancer care
When Congress changed the way Medicare paid oncologists in 2003--cutting reimbursements by 30 to 40 percent--critics charged that patients would have less access to care. However, a new study... Read more...
New Orleans physician ratios back to normal, finally
After two years, the ratio of physicians to consumers in the New Orleans area finally seems to be getting back to normal, according to a new report. However, health care still isn't as accessible as... Read more...
On-call payments for ED coverage challenged
Increasingly, hospitals are looking at paying specialists to provide on-call coverage for their emergency departments. However, it looks like a new advisory opinion issued by the HHS inspector... Read more...
Study: Number of small practices decreasing
Physicians are increasingly practicing in single-specialty groups of six to 50 physicians, rather than the old-school groups of one or two physicians, according to new research. A report by the... Read more...
Study: MDs fault hospital exec communication
Physicians aren't very satisfied with communication between themselves and hospital leaders, according to a new study published by consultant Press Ganey. The study, which addresses 21,000... Read more...
