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LAST WEEK

• » Medical practice hiring in April logs slowest monthly growth rate of 2012 - May 10
• » More than half of patients consider budget before making medical visits - May 9
• » Requiring practices to post union rights delayed - May 8
• » Doctors’ love-hate relationship with EHRs - May 7
• » Insurers say health reform-related rebates will exceed $1 billion - May 7
• » N.Y. emergency physician finds happiness with goat dairy farm - May 7
• » Practice Management: How to oversee practice staff’s appearance — legally - May 7

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Accountable care organizations

• » ACOs must choose how to cover potential losses - April 17
• » Practice Management: Practices can use EMRs to join more clinical trials - March 12

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Billing

• » ICD-10 delay frees physicians to focus on other practice needs - March 19

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Economy

• » Medical practice hiring in April logs slowest monthly growth rate of 2012 - May 10
• » More than half of patients consider budget before making medical visits - May 9
• » Prices for doctor services lag behind inflation - April 30
• » Bariatric surgery maintains, doesn’t gain - April 23
• » Physicians feeling pressure from patients’ financial problems - April 23
• » Health care hiring wobbles in March - April 12
• » Amid worries about the future, giving to hospitals goes up, slowly - March 28
• » Medical financial stress greatest among families with children - March 26
• » Practice Management: Should your medical practice use a credit report in hiring? - March 19
• » Health care job growth sets record - March 15
• » Economy leads physician to shutter solo practice, join U.S. Army - March 12
• » Trends in physician office visits shift as money worries affect behavior - March 5

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Health industry

• » Insurers say health reform-related rebates will exceed $1 billion - May 7
• » Decline in doctor visits impacts calculations of insurance costs - May 1
• » As plans set premiums, they expect to pay reform-mandated rebates - April 25
• » $10 premium hike can prompt patients to shop for other insurers - April 11
• » Data breaches of small businesses, including doctor offices, on the rise - April 5
• » UnitedHealth wins 5-year Tricare contract - April 4
• » Steep fine sends message on patient data protection - April 2
• » New York seeks physician help with out-of-network confusion - March 27
• » UnitedHealth expands with new Florida acquisitions - March 20
• » Insurers offer health system navigation to patients - March 19
• » North Carolina physicians oppose preauthorization for echocardiograms - March 14
• » Reality show strives to help at-risk patients avoid diabetes - March 7

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Hospitals

• » Study highlights how health information exchange can cut costs - May 14
• » Medical practice hiring in April logs slowest monthly growth rate of 2012 - May 10
• » Contract Language: Contracts can make hospital employment less secure than doctors think - April 30
• » Moody’s: Ending health reform would hurt for-profit hospitals - April 24
• » Bariatric surgery maintains, doesn’t gain - April 23
• » FTC, in turnabout, takes a closer look at hospital mergers - April 9
• » Hospital mergers, acquisitions expected to maintain quick pace - April 2
• » Amid worries about the future, giving to hospitals goes up, slowly - March 28
• » Health care job growth sets record - March 15
• » Physicians and hospitals must make websites more patient-friendly, study says - March 5

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Meaningful use

• » More physicians awarded meaningful use money - April 19
• » Civil liberties group criticizes health information exchanges over privacy - April 10
• » EHR adoption rates jump for solo practices - March 26
• » Survey searches for definition of the engaged patient - March 19
• » U.S. leads many nations in health IT - March 12
• » HHS seeks physician comments on meaningful use rules - March 8

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Practice management

• » Practice Management: The best ways to market your practice at local events - May 14
• » Practice Management: How to oversee practice staff’s appearance — legally - May 7
• » Doctors’ love-hate relationship with EHRs - May 7
• » Technically Speaking: 3 steps to EHR training for new staff members - April 30
• » Patients want to use social media tools to manage health care - April 30
• » Practice Management: Some physicians say home is where the practice is - April 16
• » Practice Management: Can a specialty practice be a patient-centered medical home? - April 9
• » 5 mistakes doctors make when borrowing money - April 9
• » Practices must be trained in OSHA’s new labeling guidelines - April 3
• » Technically Speaking: 7 missed opportunities of not creating an online presence - April 2
• » Medical financial stress greatest among families with children - March 26
• » Practice Management: Should your medical practice use a credit report in hiring? - March 19
• » AMA offers guide to new payment models - March 13
• » Practice Management: Practices can use EMRs to join more clinical trials - March 12
• » Contract Language: Physicians shouldn't assume outside work is OK with employer - March 5

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Social media

• » Patients want to use social media tools to manage health care - April 30
• » Technically Speaking: How mobile devices can help a physician land a job - April 23
• » Technically Speaking: 7 missed opportunities of not creating an online presence - April 2
• » Physicians and hospitals must make websites more patient-friendly, study says - March 5

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States

• » Regulatory compliance alone not protecting practices against data breaches - April 26
• » Civil liberties group criticizes health information exchanges over privacy - April 10
• » Resistance builds to managed care for dual eligibles - April 9
• » New York seeks physician help with out-of-network confusion - March 27
• » WellPoint loses Maine court bid to protect profit margin - March 21
• » Practice Management: Should your medical practice use a credit report in hiring? - March 19

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Tech

• » FDA weighs prescriptions without medical visits - May 14
• » Study highlights how health information exchange can cut costs - May 14
• » Physician interest in online CME is strong - May 14
• » Doctors’ love-hate relationship with EHRs - May 7
• » Recent health data breaches highlight risk of inside jobs - May 3
• » $100,000 HIPAA fine designed to send message to small physician practices - May 2
• » Technically Speaking: 3 steps to EHR training for new staff members - April 30
• » Patients want to use social media tools to manage health care - April 30
• » Technically Speaking: How mobile devices can help a physician land a job - April 23
• » More physicians awarded meaningful use money - April 19
• » NIH’s 1,000 Genomes Project gains wider access - April 18
• » Search is on to cure EHR alert fatigue - April 16
• » Civil liberties group criticizes health information exchanges over privacy - April 10
• » Data breaches of small businesses, including doctor offices, on the rise - April 5
• » Technically Speaking: 7 missed opportunities of not creating an online presence - April 2
• » Steep fine sends message on patient data protection - April 2
• » National health information network soon will stand on its own - March 29
• » Technically Speaking: How to ensure a lost mobile device won’t cause a data breach - March 26
• » Everything in medicine is going mobile (HIMSS meeting) - March 26
• » EHR adoption rates jump for solo practices - March 26
• » Survey searches for definition of the engaged patient - March 19
• » ICD-10 delay frees physicians to focus on other practice needs - March 19
• » Practice Management: Practices can use EMRs to join more clinical trials - March 12
• » U.S. leads many nations in health IT - March 12
• » HHS seeks physician comments on meaningful use rules - March 8
• » Technically Speaking: Patients recognize quality and security benefits of EMRs - March 5
• » Physicians and hospitals must make websites more patient-friendly, study says - March 5

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