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Missouri Medicaid changes hurt hospitals, health centers

 Richard Pizzi April 03, 2009
Missouri’s safety net healthcare providers are seeing increased numbers of uninsured patients and are incurring new financial strains as a result of the changes made to Missouri’s Medicaid system in 2005.
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Hospitals are taking another look at leasing

 John Andrews April 03, 2009
They say necessity is the mother of invention. If true, one could make the argument that if a stalled credit market is necessity, then leasing and used equipment purchasing is the invention.
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Product Spotlight: Chargemaster maintenance

 Chip Means April 03, 2009
The April 2009 Product Spotlight features chargemaster maintenance solutions.
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Solutions and Services News Briefs - April 2009

 Healthcare Finance News Staff April 03, 2009
Passport health joins forces with eSolutions;Broadlane signs contract with Hospital Partners, Inc,;Home Care Delivered launches PayerPro system; Metavante to provide software to CareFx
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New Picis solutions focus on finances

 Eric Wicklund April 03, 2009
At the TEPR+ conference this past January in Palm Springs, Calif., Picis CEO Todd Cozzens pointed out that healthcare IT vendors are focused these days on developing products that not only improve clinical outcomes, but save money.
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Name change, new deals boost Capario’s visibility

 Eric Wicklund April 03, 2009
A name change and a new outlook has apparently worked wonders for Capario, as the once-struggling provider of revenue cycle management solutions recently announced three new contracts with provider groups.
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InnoCentive raises the bar on R&D

 Eric Wicklund April 03, 2009
InnoCentive is looking to bridge the gap between those who have new ideas for the healthcare marketplace and those who need them.
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Payer News Briefs - April 2009

 Healthcare Finance News Staff April 03, 2009
GAO wants assessment of crowd-out under SCHIP;Seniors aren’t choosing best Medicare drug plans;Industry expert says P4P movement needs leadership;BCBS of Michigan reports negative earnings for 2008
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N.Y. county uses IT to nab Medicaid program abusers

 Patty Enrado April 03, 2009
In the last two years, Onondaga County’s investigation of as many as 30 referrals to its consumer-directed home health services program uncovered fraud and abuse.
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Talk resurfaces on taxing employee health benefits

 Patty Enrado April 03, 2009
Taxing employer-provided health benefits, a proposal endorsed by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) but opposed by President Barack Obama during the presidential campaign last fall, has surfaced as a way to pay for healthcare reform.
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Payer P4P programs gain traction

 Patty Enrado April 03, 2009
Payers at the Fourth National Pay for Performance Summit in March shared the results of their P4P programs, reporting some areas of success while noting the programs are still evolving.
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Community Care News Briefs - April 2009

 Healthcare Finance News Staff April 03, 2009
Plan to bill veterans’ insurance dropped;Kaiser “Health Insurance Partner” of the Dodgers;Insurers to make investment in primary care;Recovery includes $500M for Native American health
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MinuteClinic to operate select locations on seasonal basis

 Chelsey Ledue April 03, 2009
CVS CareMark officials recently put 90 MinuteClinic locations on a seasonal schedule in order to save money and better align with customer demand.
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Oncologists blame poor rates for practice decline

 Chelsey Ledue April 03, 2009
Reimbursements for cancer drugs are often calculated at the average sales price plus 6 percent. But this often isn’t enough for oncologists who purchase in smaller quantities at higher prices.
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Medica P4P program pays providers $3M

 Healthcare Finance News Staff April 03, 2009
Medica, a health insurance company headquartered in Minneapolis, has paid more than $3 million in the past year to providers in its network for improvements in clinical care.
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Sub-par drug rates won’t keep docs afloat

 Chelsey Ledue April 03, 2009
Poor reimbursement rates for vaccines have become a problem for many family and pediatric physicians and the costs are dragging their practices down.
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Hospital News Briefs - April 2009

 Healthcare Finance News Staff April 03, 2009
Maine makes Medicaid payments to hospitals;Major Chicago health system cuts jobs;Atlanta health system halts building projects;Philadelphia hospital to close in summer 2009
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New York nurses win $1.25M class-action wage settlement

Richard Pizzi April 03, 2009
A healthcare network in upstate New York has settled a class-action lawsuit that alleges hospitals conspired to depress the wages of registered nurses.
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Economic crisis deepens, Penn. hospitals hurting

 Richard Pizzi April 03, 2009
A recent survey by The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania reveals that the economic environment for the state’s general acute-care hospitals has not improved since the end of 2008, and in some areas has worsened.
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Midwest hospitals share services

 Richard Pizzi April 03, 2009
As economic difficulties continue to hit hospitals hard, two Milwaukee-area health systems have decided to share certain hospital-based physician services in an attempt to save money.
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