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September

� Access, waiting times put crimp on patient experience - Sept. 2

August

� Bill to empower nurse practitioners divides professional organizations - Aug. 26
� Brief: Health IT identifies high-risk patients to cut readmissions - Aug. 19
� Court bars collecting fees beyond Medicaid pay - Aug. 16
� Brief: Appellate court blocks ban on supersized sodas - Aug. 12
� Doctor-assisted suicide laws pose hospice care dilemmas - Aug. 12
� Groundwork laid for lawsuits over deaths from tainted steroids - Aug. 12
� Brief: CMS places 6-month home health moratorium on Chicago, Miami - Aug. 5
� Judge puts hold on strictest abortion law to date - Aug. 5

July

� Brief: Southern and black seniors less healthy than others their age - July 29
� Feature: Advance pay ACOs: A down payment on Medicare's future - July 29
� Private Medicaid expansion plan would pay doctors more - July 22
� Landmark medical liability cap survives court challenge - July 22
� Brief: Injunction bars hospital admitting privilege requirement for abortions - July 22
� Medical credit card agreement requires interest rate transparency - July 16
� Medical liability reform quick to trigger legal challenges - July 15
� Brief: Care transition program nets big drop in readmissions - July 15
� Court gives hospital narrow win on peer review - July 8
� Managed care project serves as a test run for Medicaid expansion - July 5
� Insurer reports $98 million cost savings with medical home program - July 2
� Feature: Primary care case study: Quality at every step - July 1
� An unwarranted antitrust risk for state medical boards - July 1
� Brief: Prescription drug monitoring database records leaked - July 1

June

� Electronic prescription monitoring struggles to gain traction - June 25
� Feature: Redesigning the patient experience for safer care - June 24
� Ruling slows out-of-network doctors’ fight for fair pay - June 24
� Flu shot mandate yields results without scaring off health workers - June 24
� High court defines when physicians can unite against insurers - June 24
� Payout limits upheld for birth-related brain injuries - June 17
� ACA likely to produce more hospital consolidation - June 17
� Brief: Doctor denied more damages from medical association - June 17
� Will Medicare pay disclosure ruling be last straw for doctors? - June 17
� Ruling jeopardizes authority of state medical boards - June 17
� Health reform medical liability shield a model of good sense - June 10
� Appeals court OKs Medicaid pay cuts on eve of expansion - June 10
� Tort reform challenge threatens medical liability premiums - June 10
� 3 more states require photo ID proof of medical credentials - June 10
� Opioid abuse crackdown puts heroin back in style - June 10
� GOP at odds with public in South over Medicaid expansion - June 7
� Brief: Pressured medical residents produce faulty death certificates - June 3
� Court upholds local medical marijuana bans on dispensaries - June 3

May

� State takes first-ever path to approve assisted suicide - May 29
� Brief: Medical society seeks solutions to physician shortage - May 27
� Multimillion-dollar verdict for doctor hailed as victory against insurer tactic - May 27
� Letter: Liability protection would ensure Medicare and Medicaid access - May 27
� Brief: Slight drop reported in pharma pay to doctors - May 20
� Learn when it’s safe for doctors to say they’re sorry - May 20
� Targeted C. diff screenings uncovered asymptomatic infections - May 20
� With Medicare posting hospital charges, are doctors next? - May 20
� States wade into disclosure rules on biosimilars - May 17
� Brief: First ACA physician shield becomes law - May 13
� Brief: Hospitals report drops in pressure ulcers, harmful falls - May 13
� Letter: When liability rests on guidelines, care is needed in defining terms - May 13
� Medicaid experiment yields uneven clinical returns - May 10
� Brief: Nevada hospital accused of patient dumping - May 6

April

� Medicare ban on gender reassignment surgeries challenged - April 29
� Brief: Doctor wins in expert witness case against medical society - April 29
� Staff slipups on patient privacy can get doctors sued - April 22
� Cancer center goes public with assisted-suicide protocol - April 22
� Ruling redefines state take of medical liability awards - April 22
� Brief: States try to restrict which doctors can do abortions - April 22
� Doctors win first safe harbor against ACA use in liability suits - April 15
� Stark law fine a warning on informal hospital-doctor deals - April 15
� Strictest anti-abortion laws in U.S. face court challenge - April 5
� Court upholds same-specialty expert witness requirement - April 3
� Working poor lose round in Medicaid court fight - April 1
� Hospital interest in acquiring physician practices grows - April 1
� Primary care access a key to health disparities among counties - April 1

March

� Brief: Ban on abortions after 12 weeks becomes law - March 25
� Brief: Drug errors main result of distractions at hospitals - March 25
� Brief: ECG screens for young athletes don’t prevent sudden deaths - March 25
� High court briefed on health impact of same-sex marriage ruling - March 25
� Study sees few state winners in ACA Medicaid expansion - March 22
� 2 state court rulings rebuff challenges on liability caps - March 20
� Doctors may lose potent legal tactic against insurers - March 18
� Medicaid nonexpansion states could leave millions uninsured - March 11
� Brief: Court blocks law banning Planned Parenthood funding - March 11
� Brief: New Jersey expanding Medicaid in 2014 - March 11
� 2 cases test power of medical staff bylaws claims - March 6
� Florida reversal on Medicaid expansion raises doctor pay questions - March 4
� High court ruling opens hospital mergers to more scrutiny - March 4
� Brief: Judges to decide whether pot dispensaries can be banned - March 4
� Brief: Study forecasts state physician shortage in 2014 - March 4
� Drawing the line on racially motivated patient demands - March 4

February

� ACA health insurance exchange tally shows heavy reliance on federal help - Feb. 25
� State forgoes federal funds to go its own way on Medicaid expansion - Feb. 22
� AMA details plan for cutting hospital readmissions - Feb. 18
� Brief: Texas doctors push for Medicaid reform and expansion - Feb. 18
� Brief: Broader use of opioid antidote slashes overdose death rate - Feb. 18
� AMA urges Supreme Court to ban pay-for-delay deals - Feb. 11
� Brief: Hospitals stumble in preventing harmful “never events” - Feb. 11
� Brief: New pre-op checklists coming earlier in surgery cycle - Feb. 11
� Brief: Arizona Medicaid expansion to get boost from hospital taxes - Feb. 4
� New tort reform law a “tremendous win” for doctors - Feb. 4
� Firing hinges on employed doctor's medical judgment - Feb. 4
� States using health IT to boost Medicaid sign-ups - Feb. 1

January

� Fetal endangerment ruling could criminalize prescribing - Jan. 28
� Brief: Judge bars prompt-pay law at insurers’ request - Jan. 28
� Doctors gain small foothold in CO-OP insurance before funding stops - Jan. 21
� Legal showdown over gay conversion therapy waged in 2 states - Jan. 21
� Brief: Court denies Planned Parenthood state funding - Jan. 21
� Brief: Idaho splits decision on Medicaid expansion, insurance exchange - Jan. 21
� EHR-related errors soar but few harm patients - Jan. 14
� Partnerships OK'd to ease insurance exchange burdens - Jan. 14
� First state flu shot mandate at center of legal battle - Jan. 14
� Brief: Bill aimed at safer pharmaceutical compounding - Jan. 14
� Brief: Cigna acquires Medicare Advantage plans in 3 states - Jan. 14
� Feature: New physician faces in Congress - Jan. 7
� Brief: Hospital employee charged with identity theft - Jan. 7

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