Why Low Growth in Health Costs Still Stings

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/04/08/why-low-growth-in-health-costs-still-stings/?utm_campaign=KFF%3A+Drew%27s+Columns&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16962011&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–38gNBe4tArXEi1kR4gIoGPcB2uGQndAtR9a57fX7sixUnjJtHdETi4iYn613Dneh6G2TarKm9MCTz9h8Q_rrLuRwo4Q&_hsmi=16962011

9 physicians indicted in $7M fraud scheme involving homeless patients

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/9-physicians-indicted-in-7m-fraud-scheme-involving-homeless-patients.html

Roots in the past shape a children’s hospital of the future: Q&A with the CEO of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/roots-in-the-past-shape-a-children-s-hospital-of-the-future-q-a-with-the-ceo-of-lucile-packard-children-s-hospital-stanford.html

Map: See where states stand on the Medicaid expansion

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/map-see-where-states-stand-medicaid-expansion?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRojuK3NZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESsNrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Map: See where states stand on the Medicaid expansion

Within three years, the Obama administration wants quality of care to be considered in allocating nine of every 10 Medicare dollars

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/medicare-penalizes-330-large-medical-groups?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRojuK3NZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESsNrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Out of 1,010 large medical groups that Medicare evaluated under the physician value-based payment modifier, just 14 are getting payment increases this year. But at the same time, only 11 groups will be getting reductions for low quality or high spending.

 

The Past, Present, and Future of the Colonoscopy

http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/ColonCancer/50750?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-04-01&eun=g885344d0r&userid=885344&mu_id=7095614

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