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SPOTLIGHT: Medicaid pay may be cut again in 2010
As if Medicaid pay wasn't bad enough--as we've mentioned previously--it may get worse when the stimulus money runs out. Now, it's begun to happen, with 13 states cutting rates for fiscal year 2010... Read more...
Feds offer $40M in stimulus funds to fight healthcare-associated infections
The federal government has set aside $40 million in stimulus funds to help hospitals fight healthcare-associated infections, part of a larger government and industry push to eliminate these costly,... Read more...
HHS funds state efforts to reduce infections in ASCs
HHS has announced the start of funding for a national effort aimed at cutting down on infectious within stand-alone or same-day surgical centers (Sacs). The first program of this initiative, which is... Read more...
Moody's leery of uncompensated care backlash
Moody's Investor's Service is nervous about what the next few quarters will bring for investor-owned hospitals. In a recent report, it noted that such companies could take a serious hit to their... Read more...
Stimulus bucks may not boost health IT; HFMA offers model charity care policy;
> Will the stimulus bucks get doctors to adopt more health IT tools? Maybe not. In a new survey, 50 percent said the stimulus money wouldn't have much of an effect. FierceHealthIT > In an... Read more...
Maryland requiring health plans to offer EMR incentives
Maryland has approved a bill making it the first state to require commercial health plans to offer doctors incentives for adopting electronic medical records. Starting in 2011, when physicians adopt... Read more...
Study: Comparative effectiveness research might improve mental health treatment
When it comes to mental healthcare, it seems that there are huge variations in the treatments Americans receive, according to a growing number of new studies summarized in the latest issue of Health... Read more...
Mass. to use $764M of stimulus money for healthcare
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced on Wednesday that his state will use $764 million in federal stimulus money to help hospitals reduce job cuts, and to keep in tact benefits for residents... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Groups debate use of Medicaid stimulus
So, now that a Medicaid stimulus is in the works, how should state and federal agencies actually spend it? Now that the $87 billion has been allocated, debate is swirling over with it should expand... Read more...
