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1367380800 HIEs prescription drug coverage, co-pays, deductibles? view complete bulletin
1358830800 ACOs continue to grow view complete bulletin
1353301200 Poor Performance Impacting Select Medicare Advantage Plans view complete bulletin
1353042000 State Run Health Insurance Exchanges? view complete bulletin
1349064000 Hospital Fines Begin Today! view complete bulletin
1346990400 How big will the Medicare readmissions penalty be? view complete bulletin
1343620800 Consolidation of Healthplans view complete bulletin
1343016000 Emerging Terms or Programs with PPACA & Payment Reform view complete bulletin
1340856000 ObamaCare Affirmed by Supreme Court view complete bulletin
1338523200 Healthcare Quality view complete bulletin
1335931200 Implications for ACOs of Variations in Spending Growth view complete bulletin
1335931200 ACA: 200 Billion in Savings view complete bulletin
1335499200 Medicare VBP Program Expanding view complete bulletin
1335412800 Implications for ACOs of Variations in Spending Growth view complete bulletin
1334289600 ACA to Reduce Health Care Cost? view complete bulletin
1332820800 Medicare Premium Support Proposals view complete bulletin
1330923600 2009 Health care Expenditures view complete bulletin
1328850000 EHR Continues to Move Forward view complete bulletin
1326690000 FDA 1st Guidance on Social Media view complete bulletin
1326258000 Reduced Spending Medicare/Medicaid in 2010 view complete bulletin
1321851600 It isn't just the stock market anymore? view complete bulletin
1292994000 Broader Access to Provider Specific Information view complete bulletin
1320987600 State Medicaid Budget Survey - Emphasis on Cost Containment view complete bulletin
1318478400 MedPAC APPROVES REPEAL OF SGR view complete bulletin
1317787200 NICE Increasingly Reliant on Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Reimbursement Decisions view complete bulletin
1314849600 Medigap Reduced Coverage view complete bulletin
1314849600 AHA response to CMS VBP view complete bulletin
1311912000 Accountable Care Act Grows Medicaid Drug Rebates view complete bulletin
1311825600 National Health Spending Projections Through 2020 view complete bulletin
1311048000 Demise of Medigap? view complete bulletin
1311048000 Drugs Part of Answer to Debt Ceiling Problems? view complete bulletin
1310529600 Affordable Health Insurance Exchanges - State or Federal? view complete bulletin
1308196800 NQF 2011 Proposed New Serious Reportable Events view complete bulletin
1308196800 ACOs contested by major hospital systems view complete bulletin
1305518400 Private P4P Underway view complete bulletin
1303444800 Physician Quality Performance Beginning to Make a Dent view complete bulletin
1303185600 Overview Proposed ACO Regulations view complete bulletin
1301976000 Hospital Specific HACs Available view complete bulletin
1300334400 Top 10 VTE articles view complete bulletin
1299474000 1099 Repeal view complete bulletin
1297832400 PPCs - Medicaids Answer to HACs view complete bulletin
1297746000 Payers of the Future: Stasis or Demise of Private Employer Based Health Insurance? view complete bulletin
1297227600 CAHPS Survey Medical Homes view complete bulletin
1297141200 CMS Initiatives Linked to Reduced Errors, Readmissions view complete bulletin
1297141200 Quality Performance Linked to Employment? view complete bulletin
1296795600 Medicare Pay for Performance Program to Affect Thrombosis Market posted on www.clotmarket.com view complete bulletin
1296450000 Health Plan Consolidation? view complete bulletin
1295499600 CA Tightening Regulations on Insurance Companies? view complete bulletin
1295326800 States Face Budget Short Falls and New Taxes view complete bulletin
1294981200 Medicare Proposed P4P view complete bulletin
1294981200 TJC New Quality Performance Standards view complete bulletin
1292216400 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation view complete bulletin
1291698000 Adverse Events - Are your products involved? view complete bulletin
1291352400 Pharma Reimbursement at Risk from CER Findings? view complete bulletin
1290402000 Ryan-Rivlin Deficit Reduction Proposal view complete bulletin
1290402000 Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations view complete bulletin
1289797200 Bowles Simpson Commission Report view complete bulletin
1284523200 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) view complete bulletin
1284523200 RACs Medical Necessity Audits view complete bulletin
1282104000 Bundling, Episodes of Care, New Payment Systems: Take a Look into the Future view complete bulletin
1282017600 Medicare Savings on the Back of Physicians’ Reimbursement view complete bulletin
1280203200 Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan view complete bulletin
1279771200 Massachusetts: A Vision of Health Care Reform? view complete bulletin
1278907200 Hospitals Help Pay for view complete bulletin
1277697600 Cost of Healthcare Reform to Employers? view complete bulletin
1277697600 Reprieve in Doctor's Medicare Pay Cuts view complete bulletin
1277179200 Can SMT help you prepare for Medicare Physician Fee Cuts? view complete bulletin
1277179200 What role can you play in the formation and development of ACOs? view complete bulletin
1275883200 CA data Hospital Readmissions view complete bulletin
1275537600 CA fines hospitals for failure to report Adverse Events view complete bulletin
1271736000 Role of Reputation in Hospital Ranking view complete bulletin
1271390400 Health Care Reform Pilots and Demonstrations view complete bulletin
1270526400 Glossary Of Terms: Payment Reform view complete bulletin
1270526400 Perceived Physician Quality of Care and Payment Reform view complete bulletin
1269921600 2010 Physician Pay Cuts Remain Undecided view complete bulletin
1269576000 HEALTH CARE REFORM DEVELOPING PAYMENT MODELS FOR PHYSICIANS view complete bulletin
1269576000 HEALTH CARE REFORM DEVELOPING PAYMENT MODELS FOR CONTINUUM OF CARE view complete bulletin
1269576000 HEALTH CARE REFORM DEVELOPING PAYMENT MODELS FOR HOSPITALS view complete bulletin
1269576000 Health Care Reform Provisions Impact on Pharma view complete bulletin
1268283600 MedPAC 2011 Recommendations view complete bulletin
1263963600 MedPAC 2011 Medicare Payment Recommendations view complete bulletin
1263358800 National Health Care Spending Slows view complete bulletin
1263358800 HEALTH CARE REFORM QUALITY OPTIONS view complete bulletin
1261458000 HHS All-Payer, All-Claims Database to Support Comparative Effectiveness Research view complete bulletin
1260248400 AMA response to healthcare reform bill view complete bulletin
1259902800 Kaiser Family Foundation Comparison Tool Health Care Reform Proposals view complete bulletin
1257915600 Hospital Profits Plumment view complete bulletin
1254974400 MedPAC Medicare Resource and Spending Discrepancies By MSA view complete bulletin
1254974400 Massachusetts first P4P state? view complete bulletin
1254369600 $85.64M paid in setlements for inpatient admission of typical outpatient procedures view complete bulletin
1253160000 NQF new projects on Patient Safety view complete bulletin
1252468800 Limited Financial Impact from Medicare HAC Nonpayment Policies view complete bulletin
1251777600 Proposed Changes Medicare Part D Program view complete bulletin
1248667200 Hospital Performance Patient Safety view complete bulletin
1246852800 2009 TJC scoring changes view complete bulletin
1248667200 Medication Management Measures view complete bulletin
1247630400 House Unveils Health Reform Bill view complete bulletin
1247544000 12 year exclusivity for biologics? view complete bulletin
1245816000 6.24.09 Legislative Updates view complete bulletin
1244779200 Affordable Health Choices Act view complete bulletin
1241150400 Baucus Proposal view complete bulletin
1239163200 Who is Turning Reps Away view complete bulletin
1238040000 Comparative Effectiveness Council view complete bulletin
1238040000 MedPAC Testimony before Energy and Commerce view complete bulletin
1233550800 Proposed Senate Bill 295 view complete bulletin
1233032400 NEJM round table discussion: Prospects Healthcare Reform view complete bulletin
1232341200 True Cost of Comparative Effectiveness Research? view complete bulletin
1291093200 Calendar Significant Quality Events view complete bulletin
1231390800 CMS Announces 99% Succesful OPPS Reporting view complete bulletin
1230094800 Cost/Savings of Proposed Healthcare Reform view complete bulletin
1229403600 Price Controls on Drugs Reduces Life Spans view complete bulletin
1229058000 Provider Non-payment for Targeted Never Events view complete bulletin
1227502800 Medicare Hospital Quality Improvement Act of 2008 - Value Based Purchasing view complete bulletin
1227070800 MedPac Report to Congress June 2008 view complete bulletin
1227070800 CMS Approves New Accreditation Organization view complete bulletin


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Nurses Critical to Quality, Safety, and now, Financial Performance. JONA, March 2011, Vol. 41, No. 3: 122-128.

The role of community oncologists in the prevention and treatment of VTE: clinical guidelines and  CMS payment policy.  Community Oncology, December 2009, Vol. 6, No. 12: 563-568

Drug delivery systems’ role in preventing central line-associated bacteraemia: an international perspective.  EJHP Practice, Vol. 15, 2009/5

Persistence with Pharmacotherapy for Gastrointestinal Disease: Associated Costs of Health Care; Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Vol. 31, Number 11, pp. 657-665, Nov. 2006.

VTE as a Quality Indicator, JNCCN 2008; 6:754–759

BIPA 2000 Revisited: Physician Advocacy Wins Patient Access to Self-Injected Agents. Cancer Care & Economics; Vol. 12, No. 11, Nov. 2003

Economic Consequences of Renal Dysfunction among Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery Patients: A Hospital-Based Perspective. Value in Health; Vol. 6 No. 2, 2003

New BIPA Provision Causes Confusion Over Medicare Coverage of Injectable Medications. Managed Care & Cancer; Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan 2002

Indirect Cost of HIV Infection in England. Clinical Therapeutics; Vol. 22, No. 11, Nov. 2000

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