ACA Enrollment Deadline Extended
With recent poll results showing that nearly two-thirds of Americans were unaware of the ACA’s March 31 deadline to sign up for health insurance, it is hardly …
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U.S. Senate Passes Protecting Access to Medicare Act
The United States Senate passed HR 4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act, by a 64-35 vote on Monday. The bill is en route to President …
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AMN Healthcare Reports Modest First Quarter Growth Despite Revenue Drop
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. released their financial results for the first quarter of the year yesterday. Despite bringing in lower revenue than the same quarter last year, …
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Dramatic Increase in Healthcare Spending for Q1 in 2014
Preliminary economic reports indicate that despite slow overall growth during the first quarter, healthcare spending increased by 9.9 percent – the highest level since 1980. The Bureau …
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Community Health Centers May Suffer in Medicaid Opt-Out States
Community health centers and their patients will suffer from a double whammy in states that refused Medicaid expansion, according to a study by RCHN. Federally-funded community …
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Hospital Executive Pay Contributes to Outsized Healthcare Spending
The federal government’s analysis of Medicare spending early this month highlighted several specialties that received a higher percentage of disbursed funds. Another survey, however, highlights which group …
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VA Secretary Resigns Amid Investigation
Today, in the wake of the ongoing investigation of scheduling malfeasance at several VA hospitals, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned during a meeting with …
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Cross Country Healthcare Signs Agreement to Acquire Assets of Medical Staffing Network
Cross Country Healthcare announced that it signed an agreement to acquire all of the assets, business and liabilities of Medical Staffing Network. Cross Country Healthcare, …
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EHR: Increasing Adoption, Increasing Complaints
Electronic health records (EHR) are steadily gaining traction, yet as more doctors and hospitals move toward fully digital records the problems with EHR are also …
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