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29 Oct AHA: Observation Status Fears on the Rise

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HealthLeadersMedia.com | October 29 - Hospitals are putting more patients into observation status for longer than 48 hours instead admitting them, in part out of fear of what happened at one hospital this month, the American Hospital Association says. Observation status is a Medicare billing category for...

28 Oct Social Media Cuts Healthcare Costs

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InformationWeek | October 27 - Social media initiatives that help physicians, patients, and the medical research community share patient information will drive down healthcare-related costs while improving the quality of care, a report concludes. The report, "Healthcare Performance Management in the Era of 'Twitter,'" was published this...

28 Oct Doctor-owned hospitals race to beat Medicare deadline

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USAToday.com | October 28 - HAMMOND, La. — At the Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital here, construction workers scrambled on a recent day to turn a mud pit into a parking lot and put other finishing touches on the $35 million physician-owned facility. They are on a...

28 Oct MGMA: Practice Revenue Increases with EHRs

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HealthLeadersMedia.com | October 28 - Medical practices that have avoided implementing an electronic health record system (EHR) because of the associated costs may not have such a strong argument, according to a study published by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Data collected from both...

28 Oct Harvard plans new primary-care center

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ModernHealthcare.com | October 28 - Harvard Medical School is using a $30 million philanthropic gift to establish a new Center for Primary Care, which will focus on researching ways to improve primary care education, research and delivery systems. The center’s director will hold a new endowed...

29 Oct AHA: Observation Status Fears on the Rise

28 Oct Social Media Cuts Healthcare Costs

28 Oct Doctor-owned hospitals race to beat Medicare deadline

28 Oct MGMA: Practice Revenue Increases with EHRs

28 Oct Harvard plans new primary-care center

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