Would you become an organ donor if it were the default option on your driver's license? How about contribute to a retirement plan if your employer automatically enrolled you in one? Or consume less energy if a light in your home glowed red when you cranked up the heat?
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When CEOs consider the results of the Modern Healthcare annual association executive compensation survey, which finds total compensation for top executives grew rapidly in 2008, they might want to keep one number in mind: 65%.
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HCA plans to tap into the public stock market again, but control of the Nashville-based company will remain with the private-equity firms that took the company private in November 2006, according to a securities filing.
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Would you become an organ donor if it were the default option on your driver's license? How about contribute to a retirement plan if your employer automatically enrolled you in one? Or consume less energy if a light in your home glowed red when you cranked up the heat?
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Just as tax-exempt hospitals across the country are preparing to meet a new federal mandate dictating how they advertise their charity-care policies, a public advocacy group has released a report saying many hospitals in the country are failing to meet even the basic voluntary standards already in...
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The Obama administration moved up the timeframe to implement another provision of the new health reform law last week—this one aimed at benefiting employers who provide health coverage to early retirees.
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Floods in Nashville led to the rescheduling of two healthcare-focused meetings, but apparently the rising waters caused no major disruption of hospital operations in the area.
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Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic health system, will scale back a stake in Accretive Health with the revenue-cycle technology company's planned initial public offering.
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By Andis Robeznieks | May 10, 2010
| Print Magazine
The influx of information technology in healthcare means today's hospital architects and designers have to accommodate more wire, more conduit, more plugs and more closets holding more racks of flashing lights than ever before. But they also have a little more room to do so because of...
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When CEOs consider the results of the Modern Healthcare annual association executive compensation survey, which finds total compensation for top executives grew rapidly in 2008, they might want to keep one number in mind: 65%.
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“It is encouraging that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating possible antitrust violations by Partners HealthCare, the parent of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. The market clout of Partners—and that of hospitals with geographic monopolies,...
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As a longtime reader of Modern Healthcare, I was disappointed to see the editorial cartoon on p. 22 of the April 12 edition of your magazine.
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Catholic Health East named Nora Triola to a newly created position as executive vice president and chief nursing officer for the system based in Newtown Square, Pa. Triola leaves a role as CNO and executive vice president for two CHE hospitals in South Florida—Holy Cross Hospital, Fort...
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Stephanie Alexander, 46, has been tapped to serve as president of the Performance Analytics division of MedAssets, a group purchasing organization and revenue-cycle management company. This is a newly created position. Most recently, Alexander was senior vice president and general manager of...
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“However, my own view, as a doctor who has used (electronic medical records) for almost a decade, is that it is fast becoming a professional responsibility that will be the standard of care in the 21st century. I would hope professionalism and the desire to keep up with the best in the...
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“Too often, New York's Medicaid system treats tax dollars like Monopoly money. There is too much easy come, easy go allowed in the program.”
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Healthcare spending represents about $1 of every $6 in the U.S. economy, so the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans had it about right this year when they chose two healthcare executives among their 11 winners of the association's annual award. Lawrence Higby and Alan Miller were...
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A father assisting with the birth of his child is a common practice, and it's one that Army Pfc. Gerald Kissentaner, 20, was determined to experience when his daughter, Cassidee, entered the world.
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