Medicare's new powers curbed
News | www.6minutes.com.au | 6 hours 43 minutes ago
New privacy safeguards have been agreed to in the Senate in the contentious draft legislation which gives Medicare the right to seize patient documents when questioning payments.
Three Drug Classes Associated with Falls in the Elderly (CME/CE)
News | www.medpagetoday.com | 9 hours 6 minutes ago
The use of antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and sedatives and hypnotics significantly increased the risk of falling among the elderly, a new meta-analysis found.
Health care reform may hurt hospital credit
News | www.reuters.com | 10 hours 58 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - High-cost urban U.S. hospitals may face debt rating downgrades if large cuts to Medicare funding are implemented as part of U.S. health care reform, Moody's Investors Service said
Digital divide emerges at hospitals serving poor patients
News | www.ama-assn.org | 18 hours 43 minutes ago
Hospitals that disproportionately care for poor patients are less likely than other hospitals to have adopted health information technology, says a new study.
Hospice services expansion in works for Cedars of Monroeville
News | pittsburgh.bizjournals.com | Nov 23, 2009
The Cedars of Monroeville anticipates opening an $8 million inpatient hospice at its campus during the first quarter of 2010, according to board member John Silvestri, who chairs the nonprofit agency’s construction committee.
McCain warns of Medicare cuts, tax increases
News | phoenix.bizjournals.com | Nov 22, 2009
S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., warned of major cuts to Medicare and large tax increases as the U.S. Senate neared its first votes this weekend on health care reform.
Most say no to maternity cutbacks
News | uk.news.yahoo.com | Nov 22, 2009
Two out of three people in England believe maternity services should be spared from NHS spending cuts, according to a poll.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20091122/thl-most-say-no-to-maternity-cutbacks-d831572.html
MGMA Applauds House’s Passage of SGR Repeal Legislation
News | www.surgistrategies.com | Nov 20, 2009
Applauding the House passage of SGR Repeal Legislation, William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, president and CEO of MGMA stated teh following: On behalf of physicians and patients, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) congratulates the House of Representatives on its historic action
Nevada Health Care Association (NHCA) Supports Majority Leader Reid
Press Release | www.prnewswire.com | Nov 20, 2009
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Charles Perry, Executive Director of the Nevada Health Care Association:
LARCs suitable for stable relationships
News | www.imt.ie | Nov 20, 2009
Clinical Update - Contraception: Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) include copper coils, Mirena coils, Implanon implants and Depo provera injections (which are given every 12 weeks). All of the long-acting reversible contraceptives are progesterone only.
http://www.imt.ie/clinical/genitourinary/larcs-suitable-for-stable-rela.html
