Friday, August 8, 2014

Cook a Peck of Peppers

There will be a bounty of peppers mild and hot through October. Here are five new ways to prepare them.
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Cook a Peck of Peppers

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Ask Well: Does Yoga Build Strength?

A reader asks: Is yoga sufficient strength exercise for optimal health, or do I have to lift weights in a fitness center?
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Ask Well: Does Yoga Build Strength?

Why and how to do A/B testing on your health care website

The way your website looks and functions has an important impact on conversion rates.
 
That’s true whether you work in a doctor’s office or sell medical equipment, but before you make some big change to your website’s functionality—and invest that money in a redesign—it’s worthwhile to tes...
Why and how to do A/B testing on your health care website

Flanigan Lecture: Why Healthcare Reform Comes So Hard

Health care reform in America comes hard because we didn’t get to where we are by accident. That’s according to Dr. Steve Schroeder of the University of Cali…

Flanigan Lecture: Why Healthcare Reform Comes So Hard

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Video is Critical to Online Healthcare Marketing

Video has rapidly become the single most engaging and clicked-on of all Internet media. Astoundingly, people view over four billion YouTube videos every day. So it makes perfect sense to use the power of video and social media – YouTube, Yelp, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google – to com...
Video is Critical to Online Healthcare Marketing

Religious Freedom and Healthcare Reform

For more on this event, visit: http://bit.ly/wPa57B For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu March 22, 2012 | The Health an…
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Religious Freedom and Healthcare Reform

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Bring order to chaos in medicine: Stick with an organizational system

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Bring order to chaos in medicine: Stick with an organizational system

Community Health Systems pays $98M to settle DOJ claims

Franklin-based hospital company Community Health Systems will pay a total of more than $ 98 million to settle a Department of Justice investigation into the company’s billing practices. About $ 88 million of the settlement will go to resolve claims made by the federal government that...
Community Health Systems pays $98M to settle DOJ claims

Why We Should Know the Price of Medical Tests

Patients who were offered to have M.R.I. scans done at alternative locations for a lower price often opted to go there, saving money and driving down health care costs, a new study shows.
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Why We Should Know the Price of Medical Tests

Monday, August 4, 2014

Throwing Money at the Past

As medical groups debate a report finding shortcomings in doctor training programs, what’s missing is talk of lack of oversight in such programs, which receive generous public funding.
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Throwing Money at the Past

Healthcare Reform:Emptying a Flooded Basement without Turning off the Tap

In this presentation Dr. Harris will explain how government food policy is itself the cause of our rising rates of obesity and degenerative disease. He will …

Healthcare Reform:Emptying a Flooded Basement without Turning off the Tap

Tampa General sees improved quarter, helped by non-operating gains

Continued revenue growth, coupled with a decline in expenses, contributed to another improved quarter for Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, which reported fiscal third-quarter results Friday.
Modern Healthcare Breaking News

Tampa General sees improved quarter, helped by non-operating gains

Sunday, August 3, 2014

CMS Confirms ICD-10 Deadline

October 1st, 2015, is the deadline for healthcare providers to implement the twice-delayed ICD-10 code set, federal officials confirm.
HealthLeadersMedia.com – Physician Leadership News

CMS Confirms ICD-10 Deadline

Health care at half the cost: What will that actually look like?

Health care costs far too much. We can do it better for half the cost. But if we did cut the cost in half, we would cut the jobs in half, wipe out 9% of the economy and plunge the country into a depression.
Really? It’s that simple? Half the cost equals ...
Health care at half the cost: What will that actually look like?

Why HealthCare.gov is riddled with security problems

Cyber security experts say information on website is still at risk.
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Why HealthCare.gov is riddled with security problems

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Ask Well: Do I Need a Measles Shot?

I haven’t been vaccinated against measles since I was a child in the 1950s. Should older adults get another vaccination?
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Ask Well: Do I Need a Measles Shot?

2015 HIX Premium Hikes May Top 7%

Average 2015 premium rate increases on the new health insurance exchanges are likely to stand in the high single digits, according to data collected from half the states.
HealthLeadersMedia.com – Physician Leadership News

2015 HIX Premium Hikes May Top 7%

Friday, August 1, 2014

Fresh and Fruity Salsas

Creative ingredients, like watermelon or kohlrabi, can freshen up a summer salsa, writes Martha Rose Shulman in this week’s Recipes for Health.
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Fresh and Fruity Salsas

Healthcare.gov pre-launch email chain warned of website problems

A chain of White House emails indicated that Healthcare.gov was in danger of crashing on it’s first day of operation. Messages from Henry Chao, the top devel…
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Healthcare.gov pre-launch email chain warned of website problems

Filing bankruptcy? How to protect loved ones who cosign loans

Wanda says her daughter is the cosigner for two auto loans. Wanda also is considering a bankruptcy filing.
Business – Los Angeles Times

Filing bankruptcy? How to protect loved ones who cosign loans