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Are healthcare workers paid too much?

 Richard Pizzi January 27, 2010
Healthcare in the United States is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and one of the contributing factors may be the high salaries earned by healthcare employees.
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Nursing faculty shortage a barrier to nurse training

Patty Enrado March 11, 2009
While the nursing shortage has been a glaring problem nationwide for the last few years, the nursing faculty shortage may be an even bigger issue.
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HHS providing $13.4M to help support nurses

 Chelsey Ledue August 13, 2009
Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Bill Corr has released $13.4 million for loan repayments to nurses who agree to practice in facilities with critical shortages and for nursing schools to provide loans to students who will become nurse faculty.
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Healthcare employers battle low employee morale

 Patty Enrado December 09, 2009
The healthcare industry has been somewhat immune to the economic recession compared to other hard-hit industries, but a new survey reveals that healthcare organizations are battling low employee morale.
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Report: Americans waste up to $850 billion a year in healthcare

 Eric Wicklund October 26, 2009
America’s annual healthcare bill could be reduced by $600 billion to $850 billion if the nation learns how to reduce wasteful spending, according to a new report by Thomson Reuters.
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Analysis: Medical malpractice payments continue to fall

 Chelsey Ledue March 10, 2010
Fewer medical malpractice payments were made on behalf of doctors in 2009 than any year on record, according to the National Practitioner Data Bank.
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Troubled Manhattan hospital lays off 300 employees

 Richard Pizzi February 15, 2010
St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan began laying off more than 300 workers last week in an attempt to avert a complete shutdown.
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Feds clamp down on Medicare billing errors, fraud

 Diana Manos November 18, 2009
The government has changed the way it calculates Medicare fraud, waste and abuse and is finding more improper payments than in years past, according to officials.
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Medicare doctors face 'whopping' pay cut in 2010

 Diana Manos November 02, 2009
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plan a 21.2-percent Medicare pay cut for physicians in 2010.
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Survey: HSAs are becoming more popular

 Chelsey Ledue June 30, 2009
According to a recent survey, health savings accounts continue to be adopted widely, with an ever-growing number of accounts and assets.
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Recession hurts, but pharmacists are still in demand

 Richard Pizzi March 10, 2010
More U.S. pharmacists are working past retirement age to lessen the impact of the bad economy on their families, according to a new workforce report, although job opportunities are still expanding.
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New survey finds nursing shortage likely to increase

 Diana Manos February 03, 2010
Nearly one-third of registered nurses surveyed in January say they will not be working in their current job a year from now, and close to half say they plan to alter their career path in one to three years.
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Health reform expected to create up to 4 million jobs

 Chelsey Ledue January 08, 2010
A new report shows that healthcare reform could create up to 4 million new jobs.
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Medical, nursing schools need to work together

 Patty Enrado November 11, 2009
Medical and nursing schools should collaborate and evolve their curricula to promote team-based care, according to stakeholders at a summit sponsored by the New England Healthcare Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Experts say improved medication adherence could save $300B a year

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 30, 2009
A group of healthcare and consumer organizations and companies has released five policy recommendations designed to promote better medication adherence, with potential savings of as much as $300 billion a year.
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Dell to buy Perot Systems for almost $4B

 Eric Wicklund September 21, 2009
Just two weeks after announcing the launch of its own electronic medical records platform, computer giant Dell has acquired IT solutions provider – and fellow Texas company – Perot Systems in a deal worth almost $4 billion.
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Detroit-area physical therapist pleads guilty to $1.6M Medicare fraud

 Chelsey Ledue August 27, 2009
A Detroit-area physical therapist has pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the Medicare program of approximately $1.6 million.
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Cutting healthcare red tape could save billions, says coalition

 Bernie Monegain July 21, 2009
The nation could save billions of dollars each year in the healthcare system by addressing certain areas of administrative complexity, according to a new report from the Healthcare Administrative Simplification Coalition.
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House proposes massive health reform bill

 Diana Manos July 15, 2009
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said America's Affordable Health Choices Act, the healthcare reform bill announced Tuesday by the House, is geared toward the middle class and would lower costs to consumers and businesses.
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Untreated insomnia costs America $42B a year

 Chelsey Ledue May 28, 2009
Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia translates to at least $42 billion in direct and indirect healthcare costs each year.
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