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A domestic dispute may have been the motive behind a Friday morning shooting at Baton Rouge General Medical Center Mid City hospital that left two visitors wounded, one with life-threatening injuries, and police searching for the gunman.
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Millions of small business workers will be able to afford health coverage, or pay lower premiums, because of tax credits that kick in this year through the Affordable Care Act, according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund.
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One of the first cardio resuscitation crash carts, developed in 1965 and known as "Max," is moving to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
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Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge and Southeastern Michigan Health Association in Detroit join 15 other projects selected for the Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program by the Department of Health and Human Services. The program is using health information technology to tackle health problems in communities across the country.
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Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced funding Wednesday that will be used to establish a network of patient-centered outcomes research, also known as as comparative effectiveness research.
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A reversal of federal policy that lets trial lawyers use litigation expenses as tax deductions would result in more frivolous lawsuits, add to America's healthcare bill and result in lawyers' conflict of interest, says a coalition of 90 medical groups including the American Medical Association.
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A hospital that offers free insurance pre-authorization services to doctors and patients who need imaging tests "could potentially" be doing so in violation of federal anti-kickback statutes, says an advisory opinion issued Tuesday by the U.S. Office of Inspector General's Fraud Prevention and Detection Office.
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Pain management clinics without a valid certificate will be shut down in compliance with a Texas law taking effect this week. The law also stipulates that clinics must be owned by fully licensed Texas physicians.
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With the fourth consecutive month of falling numbers of physician visits, volumes for major outpatient service provider chains such as labs, ambulatory surgical centers, and imaging may continue to be constrained, researchers at Deutsche Bank Securities say.
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A report by the Massachusetts attorney general's office chastises the executive leadership and board of directors at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston for years of inaction before addressing CEO Paul Levy's personal relationship with an employee.
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