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April 15, 2011
CMS proposes Medicare ACO regulations
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a Medicare Shared Savings Program for qualified accountable care organizations.
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April 15, 2011
CHE hospitals join partners to model Medicaid ACO
The federal health reform law enacted last year encourages health care providers to band together under the "accountable care organization" model to improve the quality of health care and drive down the cost of care for Medicare patients.
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April 15, 2011
Mercy's ENERGY STAR hospital hunts down waste
For any given month, George McFerron can report with precision how much energy it took to power Mercy Medical Center, and how much waste got flushed or trucked out.
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April 15, 2011
Health reform is one year old
We have just celebrated the one year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This was a long-sought goal of Catholic health care and many others.
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April 01, 2011
Keeping Up
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April 01, 2011
Correction
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April 01, 2011
Don't starve foundations during downturn, bolster them, experts say
Even though foundations in the ministry have taken a hit during the nation's economic downturn, that doesn't mean that hospitals and health systems should neglect these philanthropic arms.
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April 01, 2011
Sr. Cooney, RSM, visionary leader of Alegent Health
Sr. Norita Cooney, RSM, 71, died March 7 at Mercy Villa in Omaha, Neb.
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April 01, 2011
Hospice of the Valley outreach builds trust with African Americans community
The Underground Railroad may no longer operate, but the strategies slaves developed more than 150 years ago to reach freedom help today's African-American community distinguish between institutions that claim concern and those that deliver.
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April 01, 2011
Physician gives $1 million to birth center
The Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Conn., has completed a $2.2 million renovation of its birth center, and has renamed the unit in honor of a philanthropic physician and his late wife.