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� Despite warning, some hospitals get harsh patient safety grade - Dec. 31, 2012
� ACA tops list of 5 biggest physician concerns for 2013 - Dec. 31, 2012
� Hospitals raise alarm over sicker Medicare population - Dec. 31, 2012
� Brief: Hospital employment more attractive to surgeons - Dec. 24, 2012
� Column: Employed doctors don't have to lose social media voice - Dec. 24, 2012
� Brief: Physicians uneasy when patient is hospital philanthropist - Dec. 24, 2012
� Preventable birth injuries cut after proven interventions are bundled - Dec. 19, 2012
� Autonomy or employment — doctors must not be forced to choose - Dec. 17, 2012
� Supreme Court to decide how late is too late on Medicare pay appeals - Dec. 17, 2012
� Brief: 31 senators call for higher Medicare pay for rural hospitals - Dec. 17, 2012
� Hospitals expected to benefit two ways from Medicaid expansion - Dec. 10, 2012
� 4 essentials to physician-hospital alignment (MGMA-ACMPE meeting) - Dec. 10, 2012
� Physician groups eye mergers but blindsided by legal fights - Dec. 10, 2012
� Drug shortages worsen following pharmacy-related meningitis scare - Dec. 10, 2012
� Hospital chain�s new physician recruiting tool: adding residents - Dec. 10, 2012
� New ED drama? Hospitals demand upfront fee for nonemergencies - Dec. 3, 2012
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Delegates adopt physician employment principles - Nov. 26, 2012
� American Hospital Assn. sues over retroactive Medicare pay denials - Nov. 19, 2012
� What a buyer wants in your physician practice - Nov. 19, 2012
� Doctors describe pressures driving them from independent practice - Nov. 19, 2012
� Safety-net hospitals warn of ACA�s uncompensated care crunch - Nov. 12, 2012
� Medical practice acquisitions may see uptick after election - Nov. 12, 2012
� Hospitals urged to end punitive responses to error reports - Nov. 5, 2012
� More than half of hospitals don�t screen all ICU patients for MRSA - Oct. 31, 2012
� Hospitals seeking to hire doctors who �play well with others� - Oct. 23, 2012
� �Frequent flyers� not seen as abusing emergency departments - Oct. 22, 2012
� Court: Medical staff bylaws are not contracts between doctors and hospitals - Oct. 17, 2012
� Culture clash between insurer, hospital system results in merger meltdown - Oct. 15, 2012
� Task force seeks breakthrough in developing antibacterial drugs - Oct. 8, 2012
� Medicare knee replacements surge 162% since 1991 - Oct. 8, 2012
� Patients won�t ask physicians to come clean on hand-washing - Oct. 5, 2012
� AMA proposes revisions to Medicare hospital observation policy - Sept. 28, 2012
� Hospitalist project reports success in improving ED patient flow - Sept. 26, 2012
� Nationwide initiative cuts central-line infections by 40% - Sept. 25, 2012
� Many rural patients bypass local hospitals - Sept. 24, 2012
� More cardiologists embrace working for hospitals - Sept. 24, 2012
� No pay for UTIs has little effect on hospitals� bottom lines - Sept. 18, 2012
� Employing more physicians stabilizes hospital finances - Sept. 10, 2012
� Many hospitals recruiting doctors continually - Sept. 10, 2012
� EHR cost savings might depend on proximity to IT firms and talent - Sept. 5, 2012
� More complex EHRs can result in declines of quality measures - Sept. 4, 2012
� Evolution of the hospitalist - Sept. 3, 2012
� Patient safety law protects some documents in court case - Aug. 29, 2012
� Hospitals get revenue boost from meaningful use money - Aug. 29, 2012
� Patient dumping remains a concern for nation�s EDs - Aug. 27, 2012
� 2,200 hospitals face Medicare pay penalty for readmissions - Aug. 27, 2012
� Home health agency acquires physician practice - Aug. 27, 2012
� FTC order could give physicians a way out of noncompete deals with hospitals - Aug. 22, 2012
� Medical staff has no standing to sue hospital, court rules - Aug. 20, 2012
� Finances most likely reason for large-group doctors to seek new jobs - Aug. 20, 2012
� Health system offers guaranteed savings as part of ACO - Aug. 15, 2012
� Hospital initiative cuts readmissions and ED wait times - Aug. 14, 2012
� Increase in physician practice mergers and acquisitions expected to continue - Aug. 14, 2012
� Pioneering health reform state enacts cost controls - Aug. 13, 2012
� Most hospital adverse events not reported to state systems - Aug. 8, 2012
� Hospital websites don't tell whole story on robot-assisted surgery - Aug. 6, 2012
� Coming wave of Medicaid patients will test quality at safety-net hospitals - Aug. 6, 2012
� New �weekend effect� seen in cardiac care - July 30, 2012
� Hospital system and insurer end long battle by reaching deal - July 25, 2012
� Cloud computing expected to grow rapidly in health care - July 23, 2012
� Hospitals behind physician recruiting for not-so-solo practices - July 23, 2012
� AMA seeks changes to Medicare hospital observation policy - July 10, 2012
� AMA and AAMC oppose expanding hospital no-pay list - July 9, 2012
� Insurers not paying when patients leave hospital against medical advice is a myth - July 5, 2012
� Fear of punitive response to hospital errors lingers - July 3, 2012
� Hospitals get A, B or C grades on patient safety - June 27, 2012
� Hospitalization increases chances of poor outcomes in Alzheimer�s patients - June 25, 2012
� Health systems experiment with providing hospital care at home - June 25, 2012
� Hospital-owned practices to receive lower Medicare rates under new rule - June 18, 2012
� How physicians get paid for call coverage is shifting - June 18, 2012
� Survey finds employed doctors mostly satisfied with their jobs - June 11, 2012
� ACOs motivate DaVita�s multibillion-dollar physician practice acquisition - June 7, 2012
� Hospital-acquired infections linked to higher readmission rates - May 28, 2012
� Nonprofit hospital finances not expected to return to pre-recession levels just yet - May 22, 2012
� Massachusetts hospitals launch patient apology program - May 21, 2012
� Column: Minnesota ruling could put medical staff rights at risk - May 21, 2012
� CMS eases rules to cut doctors� regulatory burdens - May 18, 2012
� Medicare�s no-pay rule sharpens infection-control efforts - May 14, 2012
� Study highlights how health information exchange can cut costs - May 14, 2012
� Medical practice hiring in April logs slowest monthly growth rate of 2012 - May 10, 2012
� Telemonitored patients show no drop in readmissions and ED visits - May 1, 2012
� Innovative ways to slash ED overuse - April 30, 2012
� Column: Contracts can make hospital employment less secure than doctors think - April 30, 2012
� Moody�s: Ending health reform would hurt for-profit hospitals - April 24, 2012
� Bariatric surgery maintains, doesn't gain - April 23, 2012
� AMA urges Medicare to rescind prepayment review demo - April 23, 2012
� Neonatal webcams welcome the ever-present parents - April 16, 2012
� Doctor-supported ED access plan gains ground in Washington state - April 16, 2012
� AMA seeks changes to Medicare hospital observation policy - April 16, 2012
� FTC, in turnabout, takes a closer look at hospital mergers - April 9, 2012
� CMS rules contribute to drug shortages, hospital pharmacists say - April 5, 2012
� Academic medical centers may face shrinking profits - April 4, 2012
� Only 14 states post hospital data on surgical site infections - April 2, 2012
� Hospital mergers, acquisitions expected to maintain quick pace - April 2, 2012
� Amid worries about the future, giving to hospitals goes up, slowly - March 28, 2012
� MedPAC calls for pay parity between hospital, doctor office visits - March 26, 2012
� Hospital report cards fall flat at improving patient outcomes - March 19, 2012
� Hospitals find success in slashing health disparities - March 16, 2012
� Health care job growth sets record - March 15, 2012
� Who are the chronically costly? Health care's 1% - March 5, 2012
� Hospitals try new tack: Refer injured patients to attorneys - March 5, 2012
� Physicians and hospitals must make websites more patient-friendly, study says - March 5, 2012
� Patient room notes, pop quizzes boost hand hygiene - Feb. 29, 2012
� Hospitals ramp up physician training for leadership roles - Feb. 23, 2012
� Fear of punitive response to hospital errors lingers - Feb. 20, 2012
� Discussion: Looking beyond the hospital for patient safety - Feb. 20, 2012
� Major employers support flu shot requirement for health professionals - Feb. 14, 2012
� Ambulatory setting expected to provide more job growth than hospitals - Feb. 13, 2012
� Global payment gains traction in Massachusetts - Feb. 8, 2012
� Hospital mass layoffs lower in 2011 than at height of recession - Feb. 2, 2012
� Hospital hiring of physicians picks up steam - Jan. 30, 2012
� Clarity needed on how and when to report medical adverse events - Jan. 23, 2012
� Hospital employment pits work rules against physician rights - Jan. 23, 2012
� Former drug reps eyed to pitch physicians on referrals - Jan. 16, 2012
� Medicare intensifying documentation reviews before payment - Jan. 16, 2012
� Physician offices record strong job growth in 2011 - Jan. 12, 2012
� Practices and hospitals differ over safety of cloud-based data - Jan. 11, 2012
� Connected Coverage: A look back at the big stories of 2011 - Jan. 9, 2012
� Pennsylvania insurer and health system agree on patient access - Jan. 9, 2012
� Column: "Side-by-side" alliances may add financial stability to practices - Jan. 9, 2012
� Mass layoffs at hospitals slow near end of 2011 - Jan. 5, 2012
� UTI prevention fails to keep pace with other anti-infection efforts - Jan. 3, 2012

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