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14 Dec Can Hospitals Break Even with Medicare?

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HealthLeadersMedia | December 13 - Most hospitals lose money on Medicare. It typically only reimburses 85% to 90% of costs, and it usually takes cost shifting to private plans for a hospital to stay in the black. The equation looks like this: Take the (hopefully) positive...

14 Dec ED patients more confident in diagnosis based on CT

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AuntMinnie.com | December 14 - Emergency department (ED) patients with abdominal pain are far more confident in their diagnosis when a CT scan is used as part of their workup, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine. However, the patients knew surprisingly little about...

14 Dec Insurance mandate rejected; high court eyed

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ModernHealthcare | December 13 - All eyes moved to the U.S. Supreme Court following a Virginia-based federal judge's decision that Congress lacks constitutional authority to force Americans to purchase health insurance. Both sides in the case and even U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in his ruling...

14 Dec Accountable care organizations could dramatically affect radiology practice

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Diagnostic Imaging | December 13 - As new approaches to health information technology and evidence-based medicine affect payment methodologies, it’s time for radiologists to rethink their clinical practices and business strategies. Radiology will be affected not only because it reaches across the full spectrum of healthcare...

13 Dec Pilot duped AMA with fake M.D. claim

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The Washington Post | December 12 - He seemed like Superman, able to guide jumbo jets through perilous skies and tiny tubes through blocked arteries. As a cardiologist and United Airlines captain, William Hamman taught doctors and pilots ways to keep hearts and planes from...

14 Dec Can Hospitals Break Even with Medicare?

14 Dec ED patients more confident in diagnosis based on CT

14 Dec Insurance mandate rejected; high court eyed

14 Dec Accountable care organizations could dramatically affect radiology practice

13 Dec Pilot duped AMA with fake M.D. claim

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