Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Doctors Swamped by 'E-Medicine' Demands

Doctors Swamped by 'E-Medicine' Demands

Authority, Memorial board chairs say they'll work together | SavannahNow

Authority, Memorial board chairs say they'll work together | SavannahNow

FMC projects $13 million surplus; Hospital board approves purchase of 2 lots - Rome News-Tribune: Local

FMC projects $13 million surplus; Hospital board approves purchase of 2 lots - Rome News-Tribune: Local

Opioid Use Before Abdominal Wall Repair Ups Post-op Requirement - General Surgery News

Opioid Use Before Abdominal Wall Repair Ups Post-op Requirement - General Surgery News

CMS defends Medicare Part B proposal - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

CMS defends Medicare Part B proposal - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Doctors Wrestle With Mixed Messages When Deciding Whether To Prescribe Painkillers | Kaiser Health News

Doctors Wrestle With Mixed Messages When Deciding Whether To Prescribe Painkillers | Kaiser Health News

HHS Proposes To Streamline Medicare Appeals Process | Kaiser Health News

HHS Proposes To Streamline Medicare Appeals Process | Kaiser Health News

HHS Proposes To Streamline Medicare Appeals Process | Kaiser Health News

HHS Proposes To Streamline Medicare Appeals Process | Kaiser Health News

Will Louisiana’s Medicaid Expansion Be A Harbinger For Georgia? | Kaiser Health News

Will Louisiana’s Medicaid Expansion Be A Harbinger For Georgia? | Kaiser Health News

Friday, June 24, 2016

The Debate On Improving Georgia's Trauma Care, After Orlando | WABE 90.1 FM

The Debate On Improving Georgia's Trauma Care, After Orlando | WABE 90.1 FM

Southern States Lagging in Tough Smoking Bans, CDC Says

Southern States Lagging in Tough Smoking Bans, CDC Says

Drug Monitoring Programs Do Curb Overdose Deaths: Study

Drug Monitoring Programs Do Curb Overdose Deaths: Study

Doctors, patients urge legislation to improve hospice, palliative care - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Doctors, patients urge legislation to improve hospice, palliative care - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Is MACRA All It's Cracked Up to Be? | Medpage Today

Is MACRA All It's Cracked Up to Be? | Medpage Today

Thursday, June 23, 2016

More States Consider Outlawing Forced Maintenance of Certification | Heartlander Magazine

More States Consider Outlawing Forced Maintenance of Certification | Heartlander Magazine

Tighter Opioid Laws in U.S. Haven't Eased Misuse

Tighter Opioid Laws in U.S. Haven't Eased Misuse

Task force aims to reshape Georgia stance on health coverage | Georgia Health News

Task force aims to reshape Georgia stance on health coverage | Georgia Health News

Feds to spend $20M to help small practices prepare for new payment system | FierceHealthcare

Feds to spend $20M to help small practices prepare for new payment system | FierceHealthcare

Medicare will be insolvent by 2028, two years earlier than previous estimates - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Medicare will be insolvent by 2028, two years earlier than previous estimates - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Study: Employers save billions at ASCs over hospital outpatient settings - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Study: Employers save billions at ASCs over hospital outpatient settings - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

House Republicans offering proposals for healthcare changes - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

House Republicans offering proposals for healthcare changes - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Senators push Justice Department to halt health insurance deals - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Senators push Justice Department to halt health insurance deals - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Study: Employers save billions at ASCs over hospital outpatient settings - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Study: Employers save billions at ASCs over hospital outpatient settings - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Watchful Waiting Appropriate for Small Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors, Study Shows - General Surgery News

Watchful Waiting Appropriate for Small Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors, Study Shows - General Surgery News

Do Too Many Lung Cancer Patients Miss Out on Surgery?

Do Too Many Lung Cancer Patients Miss Out on Surgery?

Supreme Court decision a win for generic drugmakers fighting patents - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Supreme Court decision a win for generic drugmakers fighting patents - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Aetna-Humana merger gets California regulator's approval - LA Times

Aetna-Humana merger gets California regulator's approval - LA Times

Monday, June 20, 2016

How Can Communities Prepare for Mass Shootings? Orlando Offers Lessons - The New York Times

How Can Communities Prepare for Mass Shootings? Orlando Offers Lessons - The New York Times

Hospitals are only beginning to take on risk-based reimbursement - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Hospitals are only beginning to take on risk-based reimbursement - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Study: Up to 1 in 5 trauma victims may die unnecessarily | Online Athens

Study: Up to 1 in 5 trauma victims may die unnecessarily | Online Athens

Marietta-based firm to build Lee County hospital | Local News | albanyherald.com

Marietta-based firm to build Lee County hospital | Local News | albanyherald.com

Despite Overdose Epidemic, Georgia Caps The Number Of Opioid Treatment Clinics | Kaiser Health News

Despite Overdose Epidemic, Georgia Caps The Number Of Opioid Treatment Clinics | Kaiser Health News

Louisiana's Medicaid expansion is first in the Deep South - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Louisiana's Medicaid expansion is first in the Deep South - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Friday, June 17, 2016

Hospitals may have to focus less on inpatients to thrive in the future | FierceHealthcare

Hospitals may have to focus less on inpatients to thrive in the future | FierceHealthcare

Rockdale Medical Center names Alan George new CEO | Local News | rockdalecitizen.com

Rockdale Medical Center names Alan George new CEO | Local News | rockdalecitizen.com

Lawsuits say Blue Cross harms hospitals with tactic of paying patients | Georgia Health News

Lawsuits say Blue Cross harms hospitals with tactic of paying patients | Georgia Health News

AMA seeks move toward opioid alternatives - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

AMA seeks move toward opioid alternatives - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Supreme Court endorses theory that could expand False Claims Act liability - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Supreme Court endorses theory that could expand False Claims Act liability - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

California Insurance Commissioner Urges Feds To Block $54 Billion Anthem-Cigna Deal | California Healthline

California Insurance Commissioner Urges Feds To Block $54 Billion Anthem-Cigna Deal | California Healthline

Senate Panel Kills Medicare Program That Offers Help On Enrollment, Billing Issues | Kaiser Health News

Senate Panel Kills Medicare Program That Offers Help On Enrollment, Billing Issues | Kaiser Health News

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Endoscopic Approaches Emerging For Diabetes - General Surgery News

Endoscopic Approaches Emerging For Diabetes - General Surgery News

Robotic Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: One Expert's Journey - General Surgery News

Robotic Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: One Expert's Journey - General Surgery News

AMA seeks move toward opioid alternatives - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

AMA seeks move toward opioid alternatives - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

AmSurg, Envision Healthcare to merge - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

AmSurg, Envision Healthcare to merge - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

FTC appeals Chicago-area merger loss - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

FTC appeals Chicago-area merger loss - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

FDA Approves New Weight-Loss Device

FDA Approves New Weight-Loss Device

Lee County to build $50 million, 50-bed hospital | Local News | albanyherald.com

Lee County to build $50 million, 50-bed hospital | Local News | albanyherald.com

Orlando mass shooting: Hospital response, HIPAA and emergency prep | FierceHealthcare

Orlando mass shooting: Hospital response, HIPAA and emergency prep | FierceHealthcare

CMS doubles down on preventing discrimination, antibiotic overuse in hospitals - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

CMS doubles down on preventing discrimination, antibiotic overuse in hospitals - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

AMA asks for end to ban on gun research funding - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

AMA asks for end to ban on gun research funding - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

FTC loses bid to block Advocate, NorthShore merger - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

FTC loses bid to block Advocate, NorthShore merger - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Doctors: Orlando shooting victims arrived by 'truckloads' - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Doctors: Orlando shooting victims arrived by 'truckloads' - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Remove Pain as 5th Vital Sign, AMA Urged | Medpage Today

Remove Pain as 5th Vital Sign, AMA Urged | Medpage Today

Obama's 3-Pronged Effort to Speed Organ Transplants

Obama's 3-Pronged Effort to Speed Organ Transplants

Patients Often Prescribed Extra Painkillers, Many Share Them

Patients Often Prescribed Extra Painkillers, Many Share Them

Opioid Use Before Abdominal Wall Repair Ups Post-op Requirement - General Surgery News

Opioid Use Before Abdominal Wall Repair Ups Post-op Requirement - General Surgery News

Robotic Hernia Surgery May Offset Costs With Shorter Hospital Stays - General Surgery News

Robotic Hernia Surgery May Offset Costs With Shorter Hospital Stays - General Surgery News

CMS doubles down on preventing discrimination, antibiotic overuse in hospitals - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

CMS doubles down on preventing discrimination, antibiotic overuse in hospitals - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Confusion over whether Orlando providers needed HIPAA waiver - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Confusion over whether Orlando providers needed HIPAA waiver - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Monday, June 13, 2016

As Hospital Chains Grow, So Do Their Prices For Care | Kaiser Health News

As Hospital Chains Grow, So Do Their Prices For Care | Kaiser Health News

Medicaid expansion remains divisive for Georgia Republicans | www.ajc.com

Medicaid expansion remains divisive for Georgia Republicans | www.ajc.com

CMS fixed its ACO benchmarking problem. That may not be enough - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

CMS fixed its ACO benchmarking problem. That may not be enough - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

More systems are screening aging surgeons to make sure their skills are still sharp - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

More systems are screening aging surgeons to make sure their skills are still sharp - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Friday, June 10, 2016

6 ways hospitals can stem the opioid epidemic | FierceHealthcare

6 ways hospitals can stem the opioid epidemic | FierceHealthcare

ER to replace full-service Ellijay hospital | Georgia Health News

ER to replace full-service Ellijay hospital | Georgia Health News

Next Emory University chief has strong health connection | Georgia Health News

Next Emory University chief has strong health connection | Georgia Health News

Concord Monitor - N.H. attorney general: Maker of OxyContin distributes ‘misleading information’ to doctors

Concord Monitor - N.H. attorney general: Maker of OxyContin distributes ‘misleading information’ to doctors

Bills aim to fix medical-device dangers

Bills aim to fix medical-device dangers

For Doctors-In-Training, A Dose Of Health Policy Can Help The Medicine Go Down | Kaiser Health News

For Doctors-In-Training, A Dose Of Health Policy Can Help The Medicine Go Down | Kaiser Health News

Carolinas HealthCare System slapped with antitrust suit - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Carolinas HealthCare System slapped with antitrust suit - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Monday, June 6, 2016

U.S. Pays Highest Prices for Cancer Meds: Study

U.S. Pays Highest Prices for Cancer Meds: Study

Weight-Loss Surgery May Boost Survival

Weight-Loss Surgery May Boost Survival

Patient alert: Deadlock looms between Piedmont, United | Georgia Health News

Patient alert: Deadlock looms between Piedmont, United | Georgia Health News

Why lower Obamacare exchange enrollment may not be a bad thing - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Why lower Obamacare exchange enrollment may not be a bad thing - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Prime Healthcare Services sues six insurers over alleged out-of-network underpayments - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Prime Healthcare Services sues six insurers over alleged out-of-network underpayments - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

As joint replacements move to outpatient centers, hospitals fret - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

As joint replacements move to outpatient centers, hospitals fret - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Task Force Updates Postsurgical Surveillance Colonoscopy, Adding 10 Years of Data - General Surgery News

Task Force Updates Postsurgical Surveillance Colonoscopy, Adding 10 Years of Data - General Surgery News

Aetna strikes hospital joint venture with Texas Health Resources - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

Aetna strikes hospital joint venture with Texas Health Resources - Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events

The hidden--and not so hidden--risks of video surveillance in the OR - FierceHealthcare

The hidden--and not so hidden--risks of video surveillance in the OR - FierceHealthcare

Opioid abuse: California hospital cuts prescriptions by half, recurring ER visits by 60% - FierceHealthcare

Opioid abuse: California hospital cuts prescriptions by half, recurring ER visits by 60% - FierceHealthcare

Memorial Hospital enters summer of stalemate | health.savannahnow.com | Savannah Health

Memorial Hospital enters summer of stalemate | health.savannahnow.com | Savannah Health