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- » Medical practice managers seek EHR penalty moratorium in 2015
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- » Survey: EHRs boost quality but don’t cut costs
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- » Medicare fraud bill submitted again in House
- » Insurance exchange navigators get grants to sign up uninsured
- » Health IT identifies high-risk patients to cut readmissions
- » HHS health IT chief to step down
- » More hospitals sharing electronic health data than in 2008
- » Government shutdown wouldn’t affect ACA
- » Appellate court blocks ban on supersized sodas
- » Doctors sometimes overprescribe strongest antibiotics
- » Advanced practice nurses want in on insurance exchange plans
- » Electronic health tool aims to improve personalized care
- » Given a choice, most employees pick least costly health plan
- » Health care-associated infections cost $45 billion annually
- » HPV vaccine coverage remains low in girls
- » CMS places 6-month home health moratorium on Chicago, Miami
- » Doctors outline their role in containing health costs
- » Medical studies often overturn standards of care
- » Illicit drug use rising among pregnant women
- » House panel approves HIV organ donor research bill
- » Sunshine Act phone app available for physicians
- » Majority of parents don’t know lifetime CT scan cancer risks
- » E-cigarette smokers are younger and more motivated to quit
- » FDA takes action against fake pharmacies
- » House bill would raise some Medicare patient fees
- » Insurance exchanges a strong draw for health plans
- » Projected impact of ACA employer mandate delay is small
- » 4.3 million opioid prescriptions go to “doctor shoppers”
- » Southern and black seniors less healthy than others their age
- » Medicare delays face-to-face rule for ordering DME
- » Guidance to assist doctors who treat infectious diseases
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