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� Column: Spotlighting 5 medical treatments that may be overused - Aug. 12, 2013
� Medicare SGR reform bill passes key House committee - Aug. 12, 2013
� AMA pushes for more accurate Medicare Physician Compare - Aug. 5, 2013
� Bill would prevent ACA from ending doctors' insurance contracts - Aug. 2, 2013
� Better patient safety is goal of confidential EHR error reports - July 24, 2013
� Medicare proposes doctor pay for complex chronic care management - July 22, 2013
� Multimedia: Medicare PQRS by specialty and state - July 15, 2013
� Medicare physician quality reporting: Tale of the tape - July 15, 2013
� Primary care case study: Quality at every step - July 1, 2013
� MGMA-ACMPE details first findings of quality impact on doctor pay - June 24, 2013
� Column: Health reform medical liability shield a model of good sense - June 10, 2013
� The toll of Medicare's unfunded mandates - May 27, 2013
� Connected Coverage: Medicare's payment carrots turn to sticks - May 20, 2013
� House hearing focuses on quality’s role in SGR reform - May 20, 2013
� Medical directors’ duties linked to quality metrics - May 7, 2013
� Medical practice action plan: Overcome regulation overload - May 6, 2013
� “Network of networks” will bolster clinical registries - May 6, 2013
� Last chance for quality reporting before Medicare penalty kicks in - April 29, 2013
� Brief: Physician organizations get grants to reduce unneeded tests - April 15, 2013
� Insurers spend little from premiums on quality improvement - April 10, 2013
� Cardiac treatment improves after taking page from Toyota playbook - April 8, 2013
� Volume, not quality, still determines most doctor pay - April 8, 2013
� Quality effort yields big drop in death rate at hospitals - April 1, 2013
� Employers to increase pressure on doctors to justify costs - March 25, 2013
� Brief: House bill aims to keep doctors in Medicare quality groups - March 18, 2013
� Primary care time squeeze explains errors in diagnosis - March 11, 2013
� Campaign to fight unneeded tests targets “more is better” mindset - March 4, 2013
� Brief: Medical homes deliver on quality but not yet on cost - Feb. 18, 2013
� Brief: EHRs not ready for quality reporting, hospital groups say - Feb. 18, 2013
� Has mobile health monitoring hit a wall? - Feb. 18, 2013
� Column: Focus required to manage patient populations for bonuses - Feb. 18, 2013
� Brief: New pre-op checklists coming earlier in surgery cycle - Feb. 11, 2013
� Quality of e-visits not yet equal to office visits - Feb. 6, 2013
� Quality demo cuts repeat hospital Medicare trips by nearly 6% - Feb. 5, 2013
� Brief: New House panel chief makes SGR repeal a priority - Jan. 28, 2013
� Medicare quality reporting penalty expected to strike most physicians - Jan. 21, 2013
� Brief: Low health literacy linked to poor COPD outcomes - Jan. 21, 2013
� U.S. found to be unhealthiest among 17 affluent countries - Jan. 21, 2013
� EHR-related errors soar but few harm patients - Jan. 14, 2013
� Brief: AMA calls for doctor input on health exchange quality - Jan. 14, 2013
� Pairing checklists with teamwork improves patient outcomes - Jan. 7, 2013
� Incentive pay prevalence echoes boom in employed physicians - Jan. 2, 2013
� Demand rises for CME linked to physician quality improvement - Dec. 31, 2012
� Project aims to get 80% of hypertension patients under control - Dec. 24, 2012
� Simple steps prevent surgical site infections - Dec. 12, 2012
� Doctors caution on initial bleeding risk with warfarin - Dec. 10, 2012
� Primary care push to root out tests with low clinical value - Dec. 5, 2012
� Medicare private plans boost quality in time for bonuses - Dec. 3, 2012
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Progress is reported on 5-year strategic plan - Nov. 26, 2012
� Programs preview mainstreaming of personalized medicine - Nov. 26, 2012
� Neurosurgeons test real skills on virtual brains - Nov. 19, 2012
� Decisions doctors must make to avoid Medicare penalties - Nov. 12, 2012
� Medicare finalizes physician pay for new care coordination benefit - Nov. 12, 2012
� Hospitals urged to end punitive responses to error reports - Nov. 5, 2012
� Quality gains alone won�t generate ACO bonuses - Oct. 22, 2012
� HIV death rates among uneducated black men high - Oct. 19, 2012
� Connected Coverage: IOM's landmark reports over the years - Oct. 8, 2012
� New products pitched to improve injection safety - Oct. 1, 2012
� Managing 4 risky drug types sending seniors to the ED - Oct. 1, 2012
� Insurers latest to champion medical homes - Oct. 1, 2012
� Nationwide initiative cuts central-line infections by 40% - Sept. 25, 2012
� Educational tool helps residents learn value-based care - Sept. 19, 2012
� Medicare modifier could hit unsuspecting doctors with pay cuts - Sept. 17, 2012
� Discussion: Tools for the struggle to eliminate health disparities - Sept. 10, 2012
� U.S. performs poorly on preventable death rates - Sept. 7, 2012
� Checklist developed to help determine viability of quality pay programs - Sept. 6, 2012
� More complex EHRs can result in declines of quality measures - Sept. 4, 2012
� NQF draws on AMA toolkit to gauge patient-friendly communication - Aug. 28, 2012
� Doctors ask Congress for role in reforming Medicare programs - Aug. 20, 2012
� Hospital initiative cuts readmissions and ED wait times - Aug. 14, 2012
� Most hospital adverse events not reported to state systems - Aug. 8, 2012
� Coming wave of Medicaid patients will test quality at safety-net hospitals - Aug. 6, 2012
� Private shared-savings deal puts half of future raises at hospital system at risk - July 31, 2012
� New �weekend effect� seen in cardiac care - July 30, 2012
� AMA pushes for more useful explanations of physician performance data and methodology - July 30, 2012
� Employers to emulate Medicare by buying quality care - July 26, 2012
� 3 steps to quality pay for physicians - July 23, 2012
� National Quality Forum upholds rehospitalization measure - July 16, 2012
� Health technology and patient-centered principles shown to improve care - July 9, 2012
� Checklist aims to ease burden of disclosing medical errors - July 6, 2012
� Hospitals get A, B or C grades on patient safety - June 27, 2012
� NCQA seeks comments on medical home program for specialty practices - June 27, 2012
� Med schools start picturing their place in a medical home world - June 25, 2012
� Hospitalization increases chances of poor outcomes in Alzheimer�s patients - June 25, 2012
� Physicians at 2,600 hospitals linked in new health care database - June 25, 2012
� Consumer Reports starts rating primary care practices - June 18, 2012
� Hectic pace pressures medical practices on quality - June 18, 2012
� Lawsuit challenging protected medical error data dismissed by state appeals court - June 15, 2012
� Doctors� EHR note-taking method affects quality of care - June 12, 2012
� When a patient visit includes a request for prayer - June 11, 2012
� Organized medicine details future of Medicare payment without SGR - June 11, 2012
� What�s behind the dramatic decline of diabetes-related deaths - June 1, 2012
� Hospital-acquired infections linked to higher readmission rates - May 28, 2012
� Most doctors headed for penalty over Medicare quality reporting - May 28, 2012
� Practices in low-income areas score lower on pay-for-performance measures - May 24, 2012
� Massachusetts hospitals launch patient apology program - May 21, 2012
� Physicians receive federal innovation grants - May 17, 2012
� Celebrities make pitch for patient safety panel - May 14, 2012
� Family presence does not impede pediatric trauma care - May 8, 2012
� Health disparities persist as overall care quality slowly improves - May 7, 2012
� White House refuses to drop $8 billion Medicare private plan demo - May 3, 2012
� Telemonitored patients show no drop in readmissions and ED visits - May 1, 2012
� Modest swings in high temperatures can increase mortality risk - April 23, 2012
� National Quality Forum adopts cost metrics for value-based purchasing - April 23, 2012
� More physicians calling the shots in latest round of ACOs - April 23, 2012
� Column: Connecting personally with women�s health care issues - April 16, 2012
� �Choosing Wisely� list is about good judgment, not curtailing care, medical societies say - April 16, 2012
� Few doctors downloading Medicare resource use reports - April 9, 2012
� Only 14 states post hospital data on surgical site infections - April 2, 2012
� The ABCs of health literacy - March 19, 2012
� Hospital report cards fall flat at improving patient outcomes - March 19, 2012
� Hospitals find success in slashing health disparities - March 16, 2012
� Medical students show gains in empathy are short-lived after training - March 14, 2012
� Advanced medical home elements didn't lead to better outcomes - March 5, 2012
� Fear of punitive response to hospital errors lingers - Feb. 20, 2012
� Declining autopsy rates affect medicine and public health - Feb. 20, 2012
� Discussion: Looking beyond the hospital for patient safety - Feb. 20, 2012
� Medicare PQRS: Quality reporting or else - Feb. 6, 2012
� Comparative effectiveness research plan seeks input from all sides - Feb. 6, 2012
� Telemedicine boosting dermatology care - Jan. 31, 2012
� FDA drug warnings often ineffective, study says - Jan. 30, 2012
� CBO: Medicare demos didn't save much money - Jan. 30, 2012
� Clarity needed on how and when to report medical adverse events - Jan. 23, 2012
� Hospitals alerted to fatigue's dangers - Jan. 9, 2012
� Safety research found lacking for outpatient visits - Jan. 9, 2012
� Doctors have to manage smartphone distractions - Jan. 2, 2012

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