Thursday, August 8, 2013

Preparing for the medical home transformation

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August 07, 2013 | Pam Minichiello - Project Director, MAeHC; Courtney Beach - Practice Consultant, MAeHC Photo used with permissi...

Feds up ante on Durrani with 10-count indictment

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A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment against a Greater Cincinnati spine doctor, “alleging that, beginning in 2009, he convi...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Feds arrest Dr. Farid Fata, accused of fraud & deliberately prolonging chemo for cancer patients

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Posted: 08/06/2013 Last Updated: 11 hours and 45 minutes ago   By: Heather Catallo ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) - Dr. Farid Fata’...
Monday, August 5, 2013

Changes in hospital readmission rates by clinical severity

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Medicare now  penalizes hospitals for high readmission rates  for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive heart failure (CHF), and p...

Dallas heart surgeon uses medicine as ministry

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By MARC RAMIREZ DALLAS (AP) — At 83, Carl Smith found himself facing quadruple-bypass surgery and the real possibility that he might not...

ICD-10 Transition: Maybe it's time to panic a little

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Posted on Sat, Aug 03, 2013 - 09:08 am We are about 14 months away from the ICD-10 implementation deadline. Surveys report that he...
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Friday, August 2, 2013

CMS: Last ICD-9 update before ICD-10 compliance date

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Author Name  Jennifer Bresnick    |   Date  August 1, 2013 The final updates to ICD-9-CM codes will take effect on October 1, 2013. Thes...
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Bill would prevent ACA from ending doctors' insurance contracts

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■  A GOP lawmaker claims that medical practices are at risk under the law's health care quality measures provision. By  JENNIFER L...

What Japan Can Gain from Sound Innovation

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Masazumi Ishii and Derek Scissors, Ph.D. Abstract In Japan, four decades of economic success have been followed by more than two dec...