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Do Financial Resources Affect Transplant Status?

The “ultimate inequality in healthcare” is what a recent Wall Street Journal blog called a study in the International Journal of Health Services, which revealed people without health insurance are about 20 times more likely to donate a liver or kidney than to receive one. ...More
November 21, 2008
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma
RBT Interview: Moving Forward with Home Dialysis

Allen Nissenson, MD, FACP, chief medical officer, DaVita, answers RBT’s questions about the state of home dialysis, and what challenges it faces in the future. ...More
November 12, 2008
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Medicare Postpones Pulling UMC’s Transplant Program Funding

LAS VEGAS—Medicare surveys this year revealed that the University Medical Center failed to meet its conditions of funding because of too many patient deaths and other concerns connected to its transplant program. ...More
November 10, 2008
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
HHS inspector general blasts CMS over lack of HIPAA enforcement

The inspector general’s office at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has criticized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for its soft enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). ...More
October 30, 2008
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
CMS enhances efforts to fight fraud, waste, abuse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced aggressive new steps to find and prevent waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare. ...More
October 7, 2008
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Healthcare quality improves, varies across regions

WASHINGTON—The quality of healthcare for millions of Americans improved in 2007, but significant variations in performance continue to leave many people receiving substandard care, according to a report released today by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). ...More
October 6, 2008
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Employers shifting healthcare costs to workers

NEW YORK - Employers are shifting healthcare cost onto their workers, despite lowering costs, the New York Times reported. ...More
September 17, 2008
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
New Medicare regulations ban insurers from cold-calling

WASHINGTON - Medicare issued new regulations Sept. 15 that bans insurance agents from cold-calling the elderly and disabled when selling prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage, according to the Associated Press. ...More
September 17, 2008
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
$65M to be cut from Upstate N.Y. healthcare facilities

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y.- $65 million will be cut from the budgets of upstate New York health clinics and hospitals due to new federal health regulations, The Observer reported. ...More
September 12, 2008
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
CDC enforces dialysis facility recommendations

Starting October 14, to participate in Medicare, outpatient dialysis facilities must follow certain infection control recommendations. ...More
August 15, 2008
Posted in News, Government & Regulation