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HealthLeaders Media Hospital job growth surged in October despite unemployment numbers for the nation reaching 10.2%. Hospitals added 10,000 jobs in October. The largest one-month increase in nearly a year.
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Even as the nation’s unemployment rate hit 10.2%—the highest in 26 years—hospitals reported a surge of 10,000 payroll additions during October. This represents the largest single month ...
HealthLeaders Media AMA backs House reform bill and Medicare payment changes.
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HealthLeaders Media Surgeons give six reasons why the Senate Finance health reform bill would worsen care.
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The American College of Surgeons, a group representing 200,000 doctors in 20 surgical specialties, says it will fight health reform as proposed by the Senate Finance Committee, because "it will make an already-flawed system worse" in six ways.
HealthLeaders Media Frightening story about how there is a new, more lethal MRSA strain at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
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An uncommon type of MRSA called USA600 appears much more lethal when it infects the bloodstream than more common strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to a study.
HealthLeaders Media One criticism of health reform proposals is the lack of cost controls. Sure, there is plenty about access and insurance reform, but what about controlling costs? Senior editor Cheryl Clark provides five projects in health reform that could contain costs.
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One of the biggest criticisms of any health reform package, particularly the latest one from the House, is the lack of concrete cost containment provisions. However, a read through the bill’s 1,990 ...
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Senior
editor Philip Betbeze interviews former Alegent CEO Wayne Sensor about
his recent resignation. Sensor gives five lessons he learned from the
experience. Interesting reading for healthcare executives.
Exclusive Interview: Lessons From Wayne Sensor’s Fall at Alegent Health - www.healthleadersmedia.com
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Wayne Sensor, former CEO of Omaha’s Alegent Health, talks about his sudden resignation from the health system after two physician confidence votes went against him.
HealthLeaders Media Senior editor Jan Simmons breaks down 12 new features in the latest House health reform proposal.
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Much has happened in the discussion of healthcare reform since three House committees voted to approve their versions of the initial bill (HR 3200) before adjourning for summer recess. Here’s a look ...
HealthLeaders Media Here's a look at the specifics of the new House health reform bill. Does it have a better shot at passing than the Senate Finance bill?
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On the Capitol’s west front Thursday morning, the House Democratic leadership unveiled the 1,990-page "Affordable Health Care for America Act" (HR 3962)—the bill representing the ...
HealthLeaders Media Senior editor Les Masterson writes about the recent genetics nondiscrimination rule and its potential impact on employer wellness and disease management programs.
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An interim final rule from the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 could cripple wellness, disease management, and population health management programs, according to DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance, employer and wellness groups, and health insurers.
HealthLeaders Media Scott Wallask writes about the recent violence in Boston hospitals and what other hospitals can learn from the incidents.
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Violence at Boston hospitals over the past eight days—including a fatal patient shooting—proves that healthcare security is an unpredictable business. Safety and security professionals at several medical centers offered steps they take to prevent and respond to workplace violence.
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Karen Minich-Pourshadi writes about three bills that could bury a hospital's
bottom line. Karen suggests hosptial finance leaders consider the
ramifications of these bills on their hospitals. If they don't, their
facilities will be unprepared for the possible changes.
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Medicare reimbursement cuts still loom, so hospital administrators better start crunching numbers.
HealthLeaders Media Senior editor Philip Betbeze writes about Alegent CEO Wayne Sensor's resignation, which highlights the difficulty of culture change. "Assuming the board's decision to accept his resignation is based on the physician employment question, does this put Alegent on the wrong side of history?" What do you think?
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Assuming Alegent Health CEO Wayne Sensor’s resignation is based on the physician employment question, does this put Alegent on the wrong side of history?
HealthLeaders Media Senior editor Elyas Bakhtiari writes about how the SGR payment methodology remains in place after Congress rejected changing the formula yesterday. This also means a 21% physician payment cut is still on the table.
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The future of physician reimbursement is now officially tied to the outcome of healthcare reform efforts.
HealthLeaders Media Senior editor Jan Simmons writes from Washington about the Senate turning down a repeal of the Medicare sustainable growth rate payment formula.
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In a 53-47 voted on Wednesday afternoon, the Senate turned down efforts to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula that is now used to establish annual Medicare physician payment updates. Forty Republicans and 13 Democrats voted against the motion.
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Senior editor John Commins writes about how bully bosses are fueled by insecurity. In other words, think of Michael Scott, the insecure and aggressively incompetent
bully boss played by Steve Carell in the TV show The Office.
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A study found that insecure bosses are more likely to project their self-perceived incompetence onto subordinates through abusive behavior and other undeserved punishment.
