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December

� Washington state denies Blues plan's rate hike request - Dec. 30
� Health plans warn Wall Street about falling 2011 earnings - Dec. 29
� Medical inflation higher than other economic sectors - Dec. 28
� Privacy groups ask FTC to probe drug companies' online practices - Dec. 27
� Tennessee physicians to receive refunds in overpayment lawsuit - Dec. 27
� Brief: Hearing set for Delaware Blues-Highmark affiliation - Dec. 27
� Brief: National e-health organization launches social media sites - Dec. 27
� Brief: Physicians using social media for job hunting - Dec. 27
� Employer-sponsored health coverage protects fewer workers - Dec. 27
� When to add staff members -- and when to hold off - Dec. 27
� Connecticut denies 20% hike in Anthem premiums - Dec. 21
� California fines 7 hospitals for breaches of patient data - Dec. 21
� Aetna to purchase health IT company - Dec. 21
� Feature: Geolocation services: Have your patients put you on the map? - Dec. 20
� Health care adds 19,000 jobs in November - Dec. 20
� Hospitals integrating their medical devices and EMRs - Dec. 20
� AMA's contracting law database now includes federal laws - Dec. 20
� Brief: American Well and IBM expand partnership - Dec. 20
� Brief: Online rating site expands doctor list - Dec. 20
� How to save money by trimming waste disposal costs - Dec. 20
� Mass layoffs continue to hit hospitals hard - Dec. 16
� Humana to pay $790 million for clinic chain - Dec. 15
� Medical societies weigh in on easing access to ACOs - Dec. 14
� Uncertainty prompts doctors to rethink private practice, according to survey - Dec. 13
� California hospitals, physicians may recoup millions in insurer payments - Dec. 13
� Doctors voice frustration with insurer preauthorization requirements - Dec. 13
� Brief: IRS issues final guidance on health insurance tax credit for small businesses - Dec. 13
� Brief: VA to pilot digital record transfer system - Dec. 13
� How Twitter hashtags can start medical conversations - Dec. 13
� Revised coding for flu vaccinations may complicate immunization process - Dec. 10
� Doctors, hospitals command higher pay in less competitive markets - Dec. 10
� Verizon to issue free medical ID credentials - Dec. 8
� Feature: Mining for Medicaid gold: Health plans' latest profit strategy - Dec. 6
� Brief: Cost of physician services dips but is up 3.2% for the year - Dec. 6
� Brief: Aetna lays off 200 employees - Dec. 6
� Brief: Pay of health company CEOs tops compensation in other industries - Dec. 6
� What to know when selling your practice to a hospital - Dec. 6
� Patients using social media find dubious promotions - Dec. 6
� Anthem pays California hospitals $1.6 million in claims dispute - Dec. 2

November

� EMR problems can be reported on new website - Nov. 30
� Health plans aren't supporting efforts to repeal health reform - Nov. 29
� Connecticut medical society testifies against Anthem rate hike - Nov. 29
� Health plans wonder about their role in ACOs - Nov. 29
� Brief: Health Net to close Conn. office and lay off 750 - Nov. 29
� Brief: HIMSS launches CPOE wiki - Nov. 29
� Rethink social media policies in light of NLRB complaint, lawyers say - Nov. 29
� What new insurance provisions on preventive care mean for your practice - Nov. 29
� AT&T forms health IT division - Nov. 24
� Smart pill technology on Novartis radar - Nov. 23
� Attorney-focused rating site expands to include physicians - Nov. 23
� EMR adoption rates up, with small practices left behind - Nov. 22
� Most companies don't plan to drop coverage, studies find - Nov. 22
� Many practices, hospitals don't monitor data security - Nov. 22
� Feature: Thinking bigger (MGMA annual meeting) - Nov. 22
� Brief: Kaiser profits, membership up - Nov. 22
� Brief: Conn. Insurance Dept fines Health Net $375,000 for data breach - Nov. 22
� Brief: Departing Aetna CEO cashes out stock options for $50.3 million profit - Nov. 22
� Brief: AMGA launches ACO learning collaborative - Nov. 22
� Brief: Health IT helps VA outperform private sector on care methods, report says - Nov. 22
� Insurers' profits rise as they spend less on care - Nov. 22
� To reach male patients, market to their loved ones - Nov. 22
� Social media strategy tips offered in new CDC tool kit - Nov. 19
� Connecticut insurance commissioner resigns amid outcry over rate hike - Nov. 18
� Health care sees spurt in job growth - Nov. 17
� HHS spreads the word about how specialists can meet meaningful use - Nov. 15
� Lowering or eliminating co-pays boosts medication adherence - Nov. 15
� Physicians have leverage with hospitals in getting optimal practice set-ups - Nov. 15
� Brief: Indiana attorney general sues WellPoint over data breach - Nov. 15
� Brief: Government launches health-related apps - Nov. 15
� Adding patient feedback in rating sites could encourage transparency - Nov. 15
� 2 major health plans announce changes in executive staff - Nov. 11
� AMA offers patient feedback product - Nov. 10
� LA expands WellPoint lawsuit while targeting another insurer - Nov. 9
� Cigna study sings praises of consumer-directed care - Nov. 8
� Doctor/runner uses bare foot as shoe model - Nov. 8
� E-prescribing network boosts health information business - Nov. 8
� U.S. plans to create massive medical claims database - Nov. 8
� Feature: Hospitals' new specialist: Social media manager - Nov. 8
� Brief: United bundles oncology payments - Nov. 8
� Brief: Patients still express confidence about their ability to pay for care - Nov. 8
� Brief: R.I. Blues tries global payments - Nov. 8
� Few use mobile phones to access health info - Nov. 8
� Regional extension centers: Worth another look? - Nov. 8
� Relative value units drop slightly for hospital-owned practices - Nov. 5
� Concierge medicine companies registering more physicians - Nov. 3
� AMA adds web-based EMR to portal project - Nov. 2
� Conn. insurance rate hikes prompt outcry amid politically charged backdrop - Nov. 1
� Michigan Blues defends use of "most-favored-nation" clauses - Nov. 1
� Brief: Medical locations among top spots for Social Security data breaches - Nov. 1

October

� Practice management companies acquiring more physician groups - Oct. 29
� Health Net to pay $1.9 million fine for incomplete benefit forms - Oct. 28
� Tech worker shortage could hinder path to meaningful use - Oct. 26
� Online "data scraping" sparks debate about patient privacy - Oct. 25
� Mergers between insurers and hospitals expected to accelerate - Oct. 25
� Brief: Anthem appeals Maine's rate decision - Oct. 25
� Brief: Reporting health insurance cost on W-2 optional for 2011 - Oct. 25
� Brief: Cost of medical care rises faster than inflation - Oct. 25
� Insurers, employers talk quality while targeting physician pay - Oct. 25
� Firmness, tact can reduce disruptions caused by cell phone use - Oct. 25
� CVS Caremark sued by Texas pharmacy owners - Oct. 21
� 5 charged with fraud involving Johns Hopkins patients - Oct. 20
� Humana rebrands Part D drug plan with Wal-Mart - Oct. 19
� Health care still driving job creation, but pace may slow - Oct. 18
� ACO rules need careful setup, groups tell federal agencies - Oct. 18
� Feature: Cloud computing: Is it right for your practice? - Oct. 18
� Brief: Aetna leaves Colorado small group market - Oct. 18
� Brief: Small hospitals become more economically viable - Oct. 18
� Brief: N.Y. insurance department fines Aetna $850,000 for disclosure failures - Oct. 18
� Brief: Humana gets one-year Tricare contract extension - Oct. 18
� Avoiding legal woes when marketing a practice online - Oct. 18
� Dead doctors stubbornly alive on physician-finder sites - Oct. 18
� Massachusetts pressing for shift to global payment system - Oct. 15
� Indiana public health data first to be sent through national health network - Oct. 14
� Hospital donations plummet nearly $1 billion - Oct. 13
� As insurance premiums rise, employees pay a bigger share - Oct. 11
� E-prescribing growing in popularity across the country - Oct. 11
� "Speed dating" growing as patients, doctors look to strike a match - Oct. 11
� Brief: Judge to consider Michigan Blues' request for rate increase - Oct. 11
� Brief: Consumer confidence about affording health care rises - Oct. 11
� Brief: Illinois hospitals generate $75 billion in spending - Oct. 11
� Cell phone photos tested as diagnostic tools - Oct. 11
� Accountable care organization set up by Cigna, Atlanta physicians' group - Oct. 8
� Aetna rates go up for 65,000 policyholders in California - Oct. 7
� New AMA product analyzes fees for doctors' offices - Oct. 6
� Britain scraps top-down plan for health data network - Oct. 4
� Incentive plans playing bigger role in physician earnings - Oct. 4
� Small hospitals less ready for "meaningful use" mandate - Oct. 4
� 2010 could end up as worst year for hospital layoffs - Oct. 4
� Consumers look to insurers to lower health care costs - Oct. 4
� Feature: Narrow networks: Will you be in or out? - Oct. 4
� Brief: Medical inflation rate low in August - Oct. 4
� Brief: Third EMR certifying body named - Oct. 4
� Brief: Plans rebate money to members - Oct. 4
� Brief: Judge grants final approval to AMA, United $350 million settlement - Oct. 4
� Doctors, patients use smartphones, but can't make mobile connection - Oct. 4
� Insurers drop child-only coverage on eve of health reform mandates - Oct. 4
� How to lower your medical practice's banking fees - Oct. 4
� HIV patients' privacy questioned by ACLU - Oct. 1

September

� Humana bolstering chronic disease management service - Sept. 29
� Florida prescription drug monitoring program in jeopardy - Sept. 28
� Physician practices have "multiplier effect" on local economies - Sept. 27
� More retail clinics opening at Target - Sept. 27
� California physicians sue over quality ratings - Sept. 27
� Brief: IRS issues guidance for health spending accounts - Sept. 27
� Brief: Mass. hospital completes probe of data loss - Sept. 27
� Shopping for employee health coverage? Here's what to consider - Sept. 27
� Discount medical plans face crackdown in Delaware - Sept. 23
� Nonprofit hospitals' profits rise amid declining revenue growth - Sept. 22
� Smartphones, other mobile devices may boost use of personal health records - Sept. 21
� Doctor sells coffee to help Rwanda's poor - Sept. 20
� United's alleged violations balloon to nearly 1 million - Sept. 20
� Insurers warned against "misleading" claims on rate hikes - Sept. 20
� Feature: Accountable care organizations: How your practice can profit - Sept. 20
� Brief: Illinois Medicaid contracts awarded - Sept. 20
� Brief: Hospitals spending more on staff salaries, benefits - Sept. 20
� Brief: IRS issues draft of health insurance tax credit form for small businesses - Sept. 20
� Brief: Health Net rate hike gets blessing of Calif. insurance department - Sept. 20
� Practices hiring despite drop in patient visits - Sept. 20
� Online videos of a practice can make business go viral - Sept. 20
� 2 Medicare Advantage plans to join forces in $545 million deal - Sept. 17
� Christian medical bill-sharing plan constitutes insurance, Kentucky court rules - Sept. 16
� Patients 45 and older form growing basis of doctors' practices - Sept. 15
� California adopting new insurance rate-setting rules - Sept. 13
� Health system reform may help doctors' offices offer coverage - Sept. 13
� Brief: Cigna treasurer named acting CFO - Sept. 13
� Brief: Health tech association unveils international organization - Sept. 13
� Doctors' tech adoption influenced by social circle - Sept. 13
� Practice IT systems require regularly scheduled checkups - Sept. 13
� Another insurer blames health reform for layoffs - Sept. 9
� N.C. Blues' request for 7% rate hike is lowest in 3 years - Sept. 8
� Health care data breaches expected to continue to rise - Sept. 7
� Making movies and TV shows a family affair - Sept. 6
� Delaware Blues seeks merger with deep-pocketed Highmark - Sept. 6
� WellPoint becomes latest to open retail insurance store - Sept. 6
� Retail clinics' role in U.S. health system yet to be defined - Sept. 6
� Feature: How to get wired: The basics of health information exchange - Sept. 6
� Brief: New York fines 20 insurers for prompt-pay violations - Sept. 6
� Brief: Humana elects CEO as board chair - Sept. 6
� Brief: 13.5% rate hike for Calif. health plan - Sept. 6
� Brief: Former Humana employee admits illegally acquiring painkillers - Sept. 6
� Tax burden may be eased by recent changes in laws - Sept. 6
� Medical data breaches most often caused by theft - Sept. 3
� Discount health plans under fire from FTC and states - Sept. 1

August

� California rescission rules under attack by health plans - Aug. 31
� NDM-1 superbug poses threat to medical tourists - Aug. 30
� New tax rule targets salaries of health insurance executives - Aug. 30
� Med students open to learning via new media - Aug. 30
� Brief: Ingenix acquires health-data exchange firm - Aug. 30
� Brief: D.C. delays decision on CareFirst's reserves - Aug. 30
� Brief: Survey finds limited support for broadband expansion - Aug. 30
� How to determine fair wages, benefits for medical practice staff - Aug. 30
� Apple lets medical schools buy mobile applications in bulk - Aug. 26
� Internet the go-to place for health information - Aug. 25
� Donkey Kong doctor loses throne, bragging rights - Aug. 24
� Health credit cards under scrutiny by N.Y. attorney general - Aug. 23
� Costs keeping patients away from doctors' offices - Aug. 23
� Brief: Texting teenage diabetics helps treatment, program finds - Aug. 23
� Brief: Ingenix to buy medical-necessity review company - Aug. 23
� Physician smartphone popularity shifts health IT focus to mobile use - Aug. 23
� EMR courtship: Hospitals wooing doctors to stay afloat - Aug. 23
� Fraud allegations to cost WellCare $427 million - Aug. 20
� Tech company joins AMA's physician portal - Aug. 18
� Aetna joins with CVS to manage prescription benefits - Aug. 17
� Doctor creates software to help kids "think like a king" - Aug. 16
� United-Health Net deal survives legal challenge - Aug. 16
� Health plans' huge earnings spark fallout from politicians - Aug. 16
� Feature: Big and beleaguered: WellPoint's bad image - Aug. 16
� Brief: Mass. Blues reaches rate agreement with state - Aug. 16
� Brief: GE, Intel form telehealth company - Aug. 16
� EMR purchase poses dilemma for doctors near retirement - Aug. 16
� Practice management software focus of new online resource - Aug. 13
� E-prescribing systems' advanced features often go unused - Aug. 12
� Hospital finances show improvement; mass layoffs decline - Aug. 11
� Blues plans' reserves reach billions of dollars - Aug. 9
� Health plan acquisitions target small- to medium-sized companies - Aug. 9
� Brief: Mass. hospitals report possible missing data - Aug. 9
� Brief: Ingenix to acquire medical software company - Aug. 9
� Brief: Calif. insurance commissioner offers rate increase e-mail alerts - Aug. 9
� Brief: More money spent on medical care for back problems - Aug. 9
� Mayo social media project reflects deeper interest by doctors - Aug. 9
� Dropping an insurer requires care and analysis - Aug. 9
� Verizon unveils Internet-based health information network - Aug. 6
� Automated infection surveillance can aid prevention - Aug. 5
� Preauthorization denials remain under investigation in Delaware - Aug. 3
� Orthopedic surgeon keeps homes environmentally sound - Aug. 2
� Maine seeks reform waiver on insurer spending rule - Aug. 2
� Health plans encounter resistance to higher premiums - Aug. 2
� Tenn. firm barred from pursuing alleged overpayments - Aug. 2
� Feature: Negotiating your productivity target: The new payment structures - Aug. 2
� Brief: Program offers aid on "meaningful use" to physician organizations - Aug. 2
� Brief: Highmark loses government contract to Cigna - Aug. 2
� Brief: Consumer confidence to pay for health care hits new low - Aug. 2
� Medical societies demand insurers rethink doctor cost ratings - Aug. 2

July

� AMA launches seminar series on health care payment models - July 30
� E-mail could be good for your patients' health - July 29
� WellCare to pursue legal action against former executives - July 27
� Hospitals find it tougher to be "Most Wired" - July 26
� Health Net settles with Connecticut over data breach - July 26
� Brief: Nuclear physicians warn of continued isotope shortage - July 26
� Brief: Alzheimer's research project seeks volunteers - July 26
� Brief: Aetna pushes suppliers to offer health coverage - July 26
� Brief: IBM announces global health care initiative - July 26
� Job growth at physician offices, hospitals expected this year - July 26
� How to use online patient comments to your advantage - July 26
� Illinois doctors to advise state officials on insurance complaints - July 23
� Smartphone health apps available on government website - July 22
� Coventry buys regional health plan - July 20
� Computerized order entry systems may miss medication errors - July 19
� Ohio pulmonologist establishes artists' retreat - July 19
� Anthem, Aetna submit new rate requests in California - July 19
� Feature: Who made the app for that? Tale of 3 app developers - July 19
� Brief: AMGA announces chronic care grants - July 19
� Brief: EMR incentives may lead to increased use of mobile devices - July 19
� Brief: Tenn. shuts down discount insurer - July 19
� Hospitals try new approach to patient-specific marketing - July 19
� Data breach exposes WellPoint applicants' personal information - July 15
� Tax refunds owed to some physicians in underserved areas - July 14
� Clinical data often undervalued, underutilized - July 12
� Wi-Fi use in health care highest in U.S. - July 12
� WellCare reaches tentative $137.5 million settlement in health fraud case - July 12
� Brief: Anthem to refund $6 million to mischarged policyholders - July 12
� Brief: Many hospitals, health systems won't be ready for meaningful use incentives - July 12
� Minnesota nurses vote to accept contract - July 7
� Electronic pill bottles might help medication adherence - July 7
� 1 in 9 jobs supported by hospitals, AHA says - July 5
� Brief: HealthVault launched in U.K. - July 5
� Brief: Few hospitals ready to meet proposed meaningful use criteria - July 5
� Insurance premiums soaring for individual policyholders - July 5
� Adding patient administrative fees must be done sensitively - July 5
� Nurse labor unrest hits two states - July 2
� Prompt-pay law extension vetoed in Georgia - July 1

June

� WellPoint rolls out telemedicine offering - June 29
� No-show rates lowest when patients called by human being - June 28
� Feature: Managing office stress with laughter - June 28
� Brief: HHS updates data breach list - June 28
� Brief: Doctors leave practices less often - June 28
� Brief: Calif. orders insurance rate reviews - June 28
� Rental brokers one option for help finding office space - June 28
� Small companies see highest hikes in health insurance costs - June 25
� AMA chooses e-mail vendor for portal project - June 24
� Data breaches affect patients in 3 states - June 22
� Walgreens, CVS end feud over drug benefit plans - June 21
� Practice management firms buying more hospital-based physician groups - June 21
� Mass. physicians likely to see pay cuts - June 21
� Brief: Patients say others see more EMR benefits - June 21
� Brief: Dell creates consulting division focused on states - June 21
� Brief: Average HSA balances show minimal growth - June 21
� Health plans consider adding "meaningful use" criteria in physician contracts - June 21
� EMR implementation stories wanted - June 18
� Physician cost profiling varies widely, depending on formula used - June 17
� Health data from HHS will be open to public - June 15
� Wait time anxiety may be defused with information - June 14
� Mass layoffs at hospitals hit new highs - June 14
� Feature: Generation gaps: Managing a multigenerational staff - June 14
� Brief: HIMSS survey to look at meaningful use - June 14
� Brief: Consumers unclear about evidence-based medicine - June 14
� Brief: NAIC misses deadline on medical-loss ratio definition - June 14
� Target your social media use to your intended audience - June 14
� Health plan mergers may face stricter scrutiny - June 10
� Environmental impact reports requested for medical products - June 9
� N.J. Blues executive pay comes under attack - June 8
� Infection risks spur physicians' inventions - June 7
� HIPAA violation leads to jail time - June 7
� Practices develop new payment system for uninsured patients - June 7
� Brief: Payroll tax exemption forms available for hiring unemployed - June 7
� Brief: Health IT seen as hottest job field - June 7
� Brief: Gynecologic oncologists moving away from private practice - June 7
� Office policies on sexual harassment can help prevent claims -- from men or women - June 7
� Health care costs continue to increase for PPO plans - June 3
� HIMSS to anchor new medical trade center - June 2
� AMA issues health insurer code of conduct - June 1

May

� Doctor's honey makes money for Tenn. hospital - May 31
� Tech gap exists between parents, children's doctors - May 31
� Most health plan earnings up, but Wall Street is wary - May 31
� Feature: Health IT to-do list: Timetable for maintenance and security tasks - May 31
� Brief: MGMA opposes HIPAA rule revision - May 31
� Brief: VA to use self-serve kiosks for mental health evaluations - May 31
� Brief: Health care organizations may see staff turnover - May 31
� How to solve staffing challenges by hiring temps - May 31
� Medical practices not hiring; other health care jobs still growing - May 28
� HCA announces public offering of stock in record-setting deal - May 27
� Medical emergency brings opposing physicians together - May 25
� Medical office buildings: Time to sell? - May 24
� Health Net wins back military health care deal - May 24
� Brief: Veterans could get own health portal - May 24
� Brief: Surgeons paid more than primary care physicians for medical directorships - May 24
� Physicians ask patients: What is this visit worth? - May 24
� FDA oversight may extend throughout health IT - May 24
� EMR use in hospitals can increase costs - May 21
� Many care tasks are unpaid: Studies confirm what physicians know - May 21
� Patients losing confidence in their ability to pay for care - May 19
� Health plan responds angrily to Obama mention of rescission - May 17
� WellPoint rate hike proposal ignites second political firestorm - May 17
� Feature: Becoming clock wise: How to get on time and stay on time - May 17
� Brief: MinuteClinic forges hospital partnership in Phoenix - May 17
� Brief: Cost of hospital employee wages, benefits rises more slowly - May 17
� Brief: For-profit hospital chain buys 2 nonprofit facilities - May 17
� How to get EMR help from regional extension centers - May 17
� Physician recruitment quicker, not necessarily easier - May 14
� Hospital mass layoffs keep steady pace - May 13
� Recession hitting health system harder this time around - May 12
� Smart pill sends message when medication is swallowed - May 10
� Quality reporting program loses backing of California Medical Assn. - May 10
� Retail clinics look to health reform to boost business - May 10
� Brief: Tie health plan rate hikes to executive pay, Conn. official says - May 10
� Brief: CPOE-related errors focus of new study - May 10
� How to get paid for taking call - May 10
� Navy launching telepharmacy project - May 6
� Consumer-directed health plans grew 27% in 2009 - May 5
� Data breach reports now posted online - May 4
� Feature: Easing into retirement: It could take longer than you think - May 3
� Finances at nonprofit hospitals could take a hit - May 3
� Health plan gains bring higher pay packages for CEOs - May 3
� Brief: Former HHS secretary named to board of health savings account firm - May 3
� Brief: iPad being used for patient education - May 3
� Brief: Anthem premium increase in Maine may be cut, judge says - May 3
� Ending a practice relationship doesn't end liability - May 3
� Tax credits could help offset staff insurance costs - May 3

April

� Georgia doctors must be allowed to join Blues HMO - April 30
� EMR adoptions: What role will regional extension centers have? - April 28
� Data breach at Tennessee Blues could affect 1 million patients - April 27
� Student health insurance faces scrutiny - April 26
� Internet first choice for many women seeking medical information - April 26
� Doctors make game out of learning infection control - April 26
� Brief: PHRs should be certified, standards group says - April 26
� Brief: "Meaningful use" of EMRs subject of AHA ad - April 26
� Brief: Medical service inflation outpacing rest of economy - April 26
� Personal health records most likely to be used when doctors recommend them - April 26
� Retail clinic chain abandons 5 markets - April 22
� N.Y. Blues' plan directors bump up their own salaries - April 21
� Donkey Kong record now held by plastic surgeon - April 19
� Tough toenails? Doctor's "piggy paste" goes to market - April 19
� Medical supply costs going up; have been below inflation - April 19
� Health industry continues to hire as economy recovers - April 19
� Insurance premium hikes pit health plans against states - April 19
� Older baby boomers sicker, using more care than earlier generations - April 19
� Feature: "Meaningful use" takes time (HIMSS 2010 conference) - April 19
� Brief: IRS issues payroll tax exemption form for companies hiring previously unemployed - April 19
� Brief: Highmark opens 4 new retail locations - April 19
� Brief: Pa. Blues plan announces layoffs - April 19
� Brief: Anthem Blue Cross of Calif. sued by former members - April 19
� Brief: EMRs improve communication but are considered distracting - April 19
� Brief: Patients' knowledge of insurance co-pays reduces ED use - April 19
� Data breached? Culprit could be a former employee - April 19
� Social media platform launched by WebMD - April 16
� Insurance preauthorization denials spark inquiries - April 15
� Health care for employees costs employers 7% more - April 14
� Hospitals seek best ways to achieve physician alignment - April 12
� Health information at risk with file-sharing programs - April 12
� Physician profiling found wrong 22% of the time - April 12
� Brief: Health information exchanges subject of upcoming poll - April 12
� Brief: Ford stock warrant sale funds retired auto workers' health trust - April 12
� Brief: Tennessee attorney general sues "bogus" insurers - April 12
� Patient education can be low-key marketing tool - April 12
� Health plan loses court battle over rescission - April 9
� Online encryption guide launched by AMA - April 7
� Hospitals gain $1.5 million from each physician - April 6
� Feature: Health plan profits: Relying on the market - April 5
� Hospital mass layoffs matching last year's record levels - April 5
� Ohio doctors get help turning inventions into products - April 5
� Highmark sues to block state review of Blues competition - April 5
� Brief: HIE funding awarded in all 50 states - April 5
� Brief: Mass. Health Connector site now shows ratings of insurers - April 5
� Brief: Colorado fines two health insurers - April 5
� Insurance preauthorizations: How to make the process less painful - April 5
� Insurance premium rate hikes delayed, revoked - April 2
� Cosmetic surgery rates show signs of rebounding - April 1

March

� California health plan rescissions affected many, but few received help - March 29
� Brief: EMRs continue to get CCHIT testing - March 29
� Brief: Aetna launches paperless credentialing - March 29
� Brief: More hospitals agree to accept Connecticut public plan payments - March 29
� Brief: N.Y. health plans to pay for Web visits - March 29
� Brief: AMA offers new health plan contracting tool for members - March 29
� Brief: Mass. Blues reports financial loss; CEO resigns - March 29
� Health care job growth slowing - March 25
� More than half of surgeries are outpatient - March 24
� Quality of care tool brings decision support to bedside - March 23
� Health plan merger in Mich. abandoned after regulators object - March 22
� Brief: Hospitals pay more for employees than do other industries - March 22
� Brief: Kaiser HealthConnect project complete - March 22
� Brides turn to doctors to help them look better for big day - March 22
� Insurers' profit strategy becomes flashpoint in health reform debate - March 22
� How to get paid for online consults - March 22
� Quality care brings physicians higher pay - March 18
� EMR meaningful use rules warrant gradual approach - March 17
� AMA announces more partners in Web portal project - March 16
� Skyrocketing health premiums drawing scrutiny from states - March 15
� E-prescribing growing, but most practices still don't use it - March 15
� Feature: Selling your practice? Here's how to prep it - March 15
� Brief: Epocrates enters EMR market - March 15
� Brief: MetLife records, including health data, found in trash - March 15
� How Facebook fan pages can connect with patients - March 15
� News in brief - March 15, 2010 - March 15
� EMR use still low at solo and small practices - March 11
� Mass layoffs at hospitals increased in January - March 10
� HIPAA privacy rules detailed in AMA online guide - March 9
� Discount medical plans come under state scrutiny - March 8
� Doctors' workweek getting shorter - March 8
� Brief: Mayo to conduct home-monitoring study - March 8
� Brief: Medical care inflation outpaces that of economy as a whole - March 8
� Health plans extend their market dominance - March 8
� How to trim patient wait times -- or make waiting easier - March 8
� Hospital supplies might leave with patients - March 5
� Social Security expands health information network - March 3
� United withdraws request for patient records in Connecticut - March 2
� Feature: Retail clinics: Struggling to find their place - March 1
� N.Y. pediatrician takes child's play to the mat - March 1
� Boston hospital giving raises again; doctors took pay cut - March 1
� NCAA tournament perfect time for a vasectomy, urologists say - March 1
� Brief: Highmark members' personal data lost in the mail - March 1
� Brief: MultiPlan reimburses underpaid physicians in Connecticut - March 1
� Brief: Financial future of nonprofit hospitals, health systems uncertain - March 1
� Brief: Job dissatisfaction can exacerbate nursing shortage - March 1
� Brief: Humana to cut 5% of jobs - March 1
� Brief: AMA offers resources for "5010 standard" transition - March 1
� Anthem rate hike reignites health reform push - March 1
� Divorcing your practice? Check finances first - March 1

February

� MultiPlan clarifies re-credentialing letters - Feb. 25
� Smartphones called on for medical emergencies - Feb. 24
� Job growth in health care sector on upward trend - Feb. 23
� Unions for health care workers are growing - Feb. 22
� Health plans profit despite recession - Feb. 22
� Brief: Payer portal project expands to New Jersey - Feb. 22
� Brief: Aetna pays $750,000 fine for Healthy New York program violations - Feb. 22
� Brief: WellPoint board chair retiring; CEO Braly to succeed him - Feb. 22
� Data security breaches often triggered by carelessness - Feb. 22
� iPad stoking doctor interest in tablet computers - Feb. 22
� Smokers need not apply at Tenn. health system - Feb. 19
� Personal health record service shut down - Feb. 18
� Conn. doctors left out of Anthem's "most-favored" policy waiver - Feb. 17
� Conn. doctors wary of faxes seeking patient data - Feb. 15
� Medical office condos take a hit from real estate slide - Feb. 15
� Feature: Your practice manager: controlling too much? - Feb. 15
� Brief: Cost of hospital employee wages, benefits rising - Feb. 15
� Brief: Silent PPOs topic of new paper - Feb. 15
� Brief: N.C. Blues fined for 2009 robocalls - Feb. 15
� Brief: Online health data draws young adults - Feb. 15
� Online contact growing between physicians, patients - Feb. 15
� Highmark resists state review of Blues competition - Feb. 11
� Hawaii considers medical spending threshold for insurers - Feb. 11
� Telehealth network expanded in California - Feb. 9
� Pa. Blues plan may pursue capitation - Feb. 8
� Hospital mass layoffs hit new high in 2009 - Feb. 8
� Brief: Medical society requesting documents in United-Health Net deal - Feb. 8
� Brief: Final safe harbor rule for small retirement plans issued - Feb. 8
� Brief: Hospital mergers down in 2009 - Feb. 8
� "Speed dating" matches physicians, patients - Feb. 8
� Job-sharing can boost work-life balance, cut practice expenses - Feb. 8
� Insurer invites members to rate coverage - Feb. 5
� Employers becoming less satisfied with health plans - Feb. 3
� AMA adds partners to Web portal project - Feb. 2
� Connecticut sues Health Net over data security breach - Feb. 1
� Conn. medical society sues to block United-Health Net deal - Feb. 1
� Feature: Sharing your space: Things to consider when looking for an office mate - Feb. 1
� Brief: Pa. hospital files for bankruptcy - Feb. 1
� Brief: CCHIT updates certification rules - Feb. 1
� Brief: Companies barred from selling policies alleged to be insurance - Feb. 1
� Brief: Growth in medical costs tops inflation - Feb. 1
� More EMRs are in physician offices, but use still lags - Feb. 1
� How to get paid for care delivered over the phone - Feb. 1

January

� Minnesota ends prescription importation program - Jan. 29
� Physician offices generating jobs - Jan. 28
� IRS to require separate reporting of credit card transactions - Jan. 27
� Anthem requests rate hike in Maine - Jan. 25
� Idaho, Illinois allow external review of insurance denials - Jan. 25
� Brief: Md. rules CareFirst reserves not excessive - Jan. 25
� Brief: Health Net Tricare contract extended temporarily - Jan. 25
� Phishing schemes are becoming sneakier in targeting doctors - Jan. 25
� Choosing the smartphone that's right for you - Jan. 25
� Health IT financing options expand - Jan. 22
� Illinois insurance commissioner to require documentation for rescission reviews - Jan. 21
� Automakers transfer retiree health benefits - Jan. 18
� Humana not assured of regaining Tricare contract - Jan. 18
� Hospital layoffs likely to hit all-time yearly high - Jan. 18
� Cutting costs tops health industry to-do list for 2010 - Jan. 18
� Feature: Participatory medicine: A high-tech alliance with patients - Jan. 18
� Brief: Time extended for tax disclosure authorization - Jan. 18
� Brief: Rx monitoring programs expand - Jan. 18
� Brief: Aetna eyes charge against earnings - Jan. 18
� EMRs missing the mark on care coordination efforts - Jan. 18
� Ohio launches hospital comparison Web site - Jan. 14
� Anthem's "most-favored-nation" contracting under scrutiny - Jan. 13
� Coventry buys Wichita plan, adds 120,000 members - Jan. 12
� How to get credit when banks don't want to lend - Jan. 11
� Hospitals see some economic recovery - Jan. 11
� Brief: Cost of medical care increasing at a rate similar to inflation - Jan. 11
� Brief: Hospital chain lays groundwork for integrated system with purchase of medical group - Jan. 11
� Brief: Aetna, WellPoint move forward with CORE project - Jan. 11
� Physician offices projected to see a decade of significant job growth - Jan. 11
� Performance reviews important, even in small practices - Jan. 11
� HHS plans national claims database - Jan. 7
� Maryland regulator's departure won't delay ruling on CareFirst's reserves - Jan. 6
� Insurer drops new policy on late-payment cancellations - Jan. 5
� 86% of physicians use Internet to access health information - Jan. 4
� Humana gets 1-year extension on Tricare contract - Jan. 4
� Feature: Achieving work-life balance: More than just a juggling act - Jan. 4
� Brief: Humana makes public its tool for tracking Twitter comments - Jan. 4
� Brief: Cost of medical care increasing at a rate similar to inflation - Jan. 4
� Divorcing your practice requires a plan - Jan. 4
� Want to keep workers engaged? Ask for their ideas - Jan. 4

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