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Ascension launches venture capital fund
20 hours 1 min agoAscension Health Ventures, the venture capital arm of the nation's largest not-for-profit health system, launched a third fund, which is expected to seek $225 million from investors.
Nurses union urges Wall Street tax at NATO meeting
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:30The country's largest nurses union Friday afternoon pushed for a tax of Wall Street profits before a crowd of thousands in downtown Chicago at a protest aimed at the upcoming NATO summit.
ONC launches ocular-imaging app contest
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:00New apps that improve the interoperability of ophthalmic examination tools and electronic health records could win up to $100,000 through the latest HHS software application...
FDA to consider employees' timeliness in product evaluations
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 15:45Timeliness goals for medical product applications are one element the Food and Drug Administration may consider to evaluate employee performance, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a new study.
Calif. switches contractors for info exchange
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 15:45UPDATED: 5:15 p.m. ET In California, a land renowned for upheaval, the ground has shifted once again under federal and state efforts to promote health information exchange.
New Justice chief focuses on corporate compliance
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 14:30In his first major public speech as head of the Justice Department's civil division, Stuart Delery told an audience of corporate attorneys in San Francisco that fighting healthcare fraud must include substantive penalties and remedies beyond...
N.Y. Medicaid development center rates too high: audit
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 14:15The New York Medicaid program provided $1.4 billion in "excessive" payments to development centers in a recent year, HHS' inspector general found.
Public Citizen weighs in on doc-discipline stats
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 13:30The Wyoming Board of Medicine is doing the best job at disciplining doctors and the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners is doing the worst, according to the Public Citizen Health Research Group ranking of medical boards in the 50 states and...
AAMC lauds GME reform bill
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 13:30The Association of American Medical Colleges voiced its support for a new bill aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in graduate medical education, as long as the bill is part of a package that also increases the number of...
SoutheastHealth names Means CMO
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:15SoutheastHealth, Cape Girardeau, Mo., has named Dr. Dennis Means chief medical officer. Means succeeds Dr. Robert Sarama, who has served as interim CMO while SoutheastHealth conducted a nationwide search for someone to fill the position on a...
Mass. Senate passes healthcare payment reform
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 08:45The Massachusetts Senate passed legislation that would take dramatic steps to overhaul the way healthcare is paid for in the state.
AMA seeks reversal of FTC ruling
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 23:00The AMA is not smiling over an FTC ruling involving teeth whitening services that the association contends could impede states' regulation of medical practices.
FAH offers cautious support for ICD-10 delay
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 20:00The Federation of American Hospitals expressed cautious support for a CMS-proposed delay in the compliance deadline for the nationwide conversion to ICD-10 codes.
AHA, HFMA take aim at expanded tax forms
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 19:30Certain changes to the IRS Form 990 included in the Patient and Protection and Affordable Care Act are not only burdensome, but they do not afford hospitals the protections that an earlier law intended, two provider organizations wrote in a letter...
IT top financial priority at not-for-profit hospitals: survey
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 15:30Capital spending, particularly on information technology, is expected to remain stable or even increase over the next five years at not-for-profit hospitals, according to a Fitch Ratings survey.
On Assignment closes deal for IT staffing company
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 15:30On Assignment, a healthcare staffing company, closed a $600 million deal to acquire Apex Systems, an information technology staffing company.
3M gives feds access to data tool
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 15:15An agreement between 3M Health Information Systems and the federal government will provide access for federal agencies and the public to 3M software that allows for interoperability among data systems.
Genetic testing doesn't increase healthcare use: study
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 14:00Genetic testing does not drive increased use of health services, according to the results of a study published online by the journal Genetics in Medicine.
Medical boards' actions against docs up 6.8% in 2011
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 14:00Driven in part by the Florida Board of Medicine, state medical boards' disciplinary actions against physicians increased 6.8% in 2011, according to the Federation of State Medical...
FCC to give healthcare a slice of wireless spectrum
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 13:30Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said the U.S. will become the first country in the world to dedicate a portion of the wireless communications spectrum to Medical Body Area Networks for use by medical providers for...