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National Alzheimer's plan released
The Obama administration released the country's first national plan to address Alzheimer's disease on Tuesday. Calling it a roadmap, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the new national plan "addresses every aspect of what it is to confront Alzheimer's disease."
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Wellness emerges as a real estate strategy
With a changing medical model that is moving from treating the sick to helping people stay fit, wellness centers have become a component of the real estate strategies for some health systems, hospital executives told an audience of healthcare real estate professionals at BOMA International's Medical Office Building conference in Atlanta May 3.
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Skilled nursing facilities face $782M in cuts under sequester
As lawmakers debate what to do to avoid the sequestration of the Budget Control Act, those getting hit with the mandated cuts, such as defense and healthcare, are making sure Congress understands what the cuts will mean for their industries.
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Reproductive health legislation as political strategy
Since the start of the year, a number of bills or amendments to bills targeting men's reproductive health have been submitted to state legislatures by mostly female Democratic state legislators.
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Special Feature: Women in Healthcare
In honor of Women's History Month, Healthcare Finance News asked some of the women leaders in the nation's healthcare industry to talk about the role of women in healthcare and to share their thoughts on how the industry can improve costs and care in the future. Here you'll find all 18 interviews in our Women in Healthcare series.
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Full coverage of Election 2012
The national debate around healthcare has intensified in the 2012 elections. Healthcare Finance News is deciphering the political doublespeak and asking the questions our readers find most pertinent – about politicians, healthcare policies and delivery system reform at the federal, state, and local levels.
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Supreme Court post-hearings wrap-up
Government Health IT Senior Editor Mary Mosquera was in the Supreme Court for all four oral arguments and shares with Editor Tom Sullivan her insights about what the justices might be thinking about the individual mandate, Medicaid expansion and the broader implications for the Affordable Care Act.
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    HIMSS Virtual Career Fair
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    The 2nd Annual Star Ratings Leadership Summit
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Analysts see M&A activity steady, not supercharged
There are market forces keeping the healthcare mergers and acquisitions market active but not frenetic, according to analysts at a panel called "Financing The Deal" at the Nashville Health Care Council on May 15. MORE
AMA offers online tool for physicians to assess driving ability of older patients
The American Medical Association (AMA) launched a free Web-based educational course this week to help physicians address the driving safety of their older patients. MORE
Moody's: More U.S. healthcare companies poised to initiate dividends
Moody's expects an increasing number of healthcare companies to initiate dividend payments to shareholders as investors place higher value on immediate, stable income amid today's low interest rate environment, according to the new special comment "Peer Pressure Will Drive More Healthcare Companies to Pay Dividends." MORE
R.I. hospitals contributed $6.3B to state's economy in 2010
According to a new report released by the Hospital Association of Rhode Island (HARI), Rhode Island hospitals contributed more than $6.3 billion to the state's economy in 2010. MORE
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May 14, 2012
David Williams

The big payoff from wellness and prevention

The belief that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is so well ingrained that it makes it easy to think we can solve our healthcare cost crisis the easy way, by increasing spending in one area to bring down costs in another. MORE
May 11, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi

3 ways to optimize your hospital's HVAC performance

Upgrading or replacing heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems is one of the most cited energy improvements hospital executives are implementing, 37% according to a Health Facilities Management 2011 survey. MORE
May 09, 2012
Kelly Mehler

How the repeal of ACA could affect the uninsured

A decay in access to medical services for American adults could continue even if President Obama is re-elected in November, according to a recent Health Affairs study. MORE
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Press Releases

May 16, 2012
Novant Health retains B. E. Smith to recruit new president of Presbyterian Healthcare
May 16, 2012
MedForum12 brings top minds in healthcare together to explore value-based solutions for the U.S. Healthcare System
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Nihon Kohden America introduces Qualnomics, a social community focused on improving healthcare quality and hospital economics
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