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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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Healthcare employment rose in February

 Richard Pizzi March 08, 2010
Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector increased by approximately 12,000 jobs in February, while the national unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Will capital spending rebound in 2010?

 Richard Pizzi February 26, 2010
In late February, we learned from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services that the U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector had begun to stabilize. Or at least it had stabilized enough so that S&P expects its healthcare ratings and outlooks won’t be tanking in 2010.
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Study: Make better use of nurses

 Chelsey Ledue February 25, 2010
A strong majority of opinion leaders say nurses should have more influence on U.S. healthcare policy, planning and management, according to a recent national survey.
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HCL International continues rapid North American expansion

 Industry News Release February 18, 2010
HCL International Inc., a division of HCL plc, Europe’s largest health and social care staffing company, has announced the opening of a new flagship office in New York’s prestigious Chrysler Building in midtown Manhattan.
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Study indicates immigrants are not a healthcare cost burden

 Richard Pizzi February 12, 2010
A recent article in Health Affairs disputes the widely held belief that immigrants place a large financial burden on the U.S. healthcare system.
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Healthcare employment continued to rise in January

 Richard Pizzi February 09, 2010
Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector increased by approximately 14,500 jobs in January, while the national unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent, according to recent data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Experts predict top 10 payer trends for 2010

 Diana Manos January 14, 2010
Industry experts predict that the number one trend for healthcare payers in 2010 will be the renewal of information management business models.
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Healthcare employment still rising in 2010

 Richard Pizzi January 13, 2010
Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector increased by approximately 21,500 jobs in December, while the national unemployment rate remained unchanged at 10.0 percent, according to recent data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Limbaugh pronounces U.S. healthcare system healthy

 Effect Measure January 06, 2010
Rush Limbaugh has done a personal biopsy of the U.S. healthcare system and found it healthy.
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Senate passes healthcare reform bill

 Diana Manos December 23, 2009
The Senate passed a sweeping healthcare reform bill Thursday morning, bringing an overhaul to the U.S. healthcare system just one vote away from reality.
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Healthcare quality experts list payment problems, malpractice reform as top concerns

 Richard Pizzi December 18, 2009
A new poll of U.S. healthcare quality improvement experts shows that solving payment problems and restructuring malpractice suits/tort reform top the list of areas that would help to eliminate waste.
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Healthcare employment rose in November

 Richard Pizzi December 04, 2009
Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector increased by approximately 21,000 jobs in November, while the national unemployment rate dropped slightly to 10.0 percent, according to recent data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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What health reform looks like in the real world

 Kester Freeman November 18, 2009
A handful of hospitals are in the process of reforming healthcare and these changes are happening now, without any mandates from Washington. Imagine that!
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National Library of Medicine releases draft SNOMED CT to ICD-9-CM map

 Richard Pizzi November 18, 2009
The U.S. National Library of Medicine has released a draft rules-based mapping from SNOMED Clinical Terms to the International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) to support healthcare reimbursement.
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Report: Retail clinics will continue to expand through 2012

 Chelsey Ledue November 17, 2009
The healthcare retail clinic market has grown approximately 15 percent in the past two years, according to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
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Healthcare employment grew in October

 Richard Pizzi November 12, 2009
Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector increased by approximately 29,000 jobs in October, while the national unemployment rate grew to 10.2 percent, according to recent data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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NCQA: Quality of healthcare stood still in 2008

 Chelsey Ledue October 23, 2009
A report from the National Committee for Quality Assurance finds that the quality of U.S. healthcare was “virtually stagnant” in 2008, a slowdown after a decade of improvements.
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Nurses want more say in healthcare reform debate

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 01, 2009
A professional nurses organization announced Thursday that they would like to be included in the ongoing debate over healthcare reform.
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GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services provides $1B in financing in First Half of 2009

 Industry News Release September 21, 2009
GE Capital’s Healthcare Financial Services business ended the first six months of 2009 as one of the most active capital providers in the U.S. healthcare market, deploying approximately $1 billion for more than 45 transactions.
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