Surveying the damage. Hurricane Charley wreaks havoc on Fla. hospitals.
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Disaster Planning↗
Biomedical subjects
Mark Taylor
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Tax-exempt targets. IRS introduces initiative to examine executive compensation, excess benefits.
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Charities↗
Beginning of the end? North Mississippi Health Services' settlement of uninsured billing issues raises questions about future of hospital lawsuits.
The first settlement in the uninsured billing case could be the sign of a full surrender or just a single defection, healthcare legal experts say. North Mississippi Health Services made the agreement before attorney Richard Scruggs, left, and his firm filed legal action against the system.
American Hospital Association↗
Squaring off. Suits, resignations end another doc, hospital dispute.
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Decision Making, Organizational↗
Unusual case. Oral hearings set in N.Y. for rare antitrust case.
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Antitrust Laws↗
Case in point. Challenge of hospital merger key to antitrust climate.
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Antitrust Laws↗
Clinical management. Where medicine meets management. Growing pains.
Commissioning arrangements are not working for tertiary paediatric sub-specialties, such as paediatric nephrology. Staff shortages are leaving nephrology centres vulnerable to total breakdown. More trained nephrologists are becoming available, but trusts do not have the funding to take them on.
Child↗
Surveying the competition. FTC, DOJ report: competing benefits consumers.
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Antitrust Laws↗
Glory, how fleeting? Questions loom about tenure of next HHS IG.
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Administrative Personnel↗
Not satisfied. Democrats call for independent probe of Scully.
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Actuarial Analysis↗
Scruggs' hospital lawsuit grows.
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Fraud↗
The unusual suspects. Whistle-blowers target contractor, Bear Stearns.
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Certificate of Need↗
Really special treatment. AHA seeks update on federal antitrust statements.
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American Hospital Association↗
For sale. Pa. hospital may buy itself back, block sale to rival.
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Accounting↗
Left in the lurch. With Corrigan's recusal from hospital cases, HHS' inspector general's office has a gap at the top after months of indecision.
The nation's chief healthcare fraud-fighting unit felt another tremor when HHS Principal Deputy Inspector General Dara Corrigan, left, announced she is recusing herself from cases involving hospitals because she is job-hunting, Sen. Chuck Grassley called for the quick appointment of a permanent inspector general.
Administrative Personnel↗
Judge bucks abortion act. S.F. court: law illegal; high court battle may loom.
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Abortion, Induced↗
Executive pay hide-and-seek. With the IRS poised to inspect compensation at tax-exempt not-for-profits, perks and benefits for hospital executives likely to get much closer attention.
Not-for-profits will have someone else looking over their shoulder soon--the IRS. The new IRS commissioner overseeing tax-exempt organizations says his unit will look at executive compensation, and execs making more than $1 million are sure to get scrutiny. Healthcare tax lawyer Todd Greenwalt, left, says it's likely the IRS will use the data it gleans to create best-practices guidance.
Accounting↗
Shedding some light. CMS clarifies aspects of EMTALA.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗