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Hospitals Try Viral Solution to Halt Budget Bleeding
The Louisiana Hospital Association hopes to combine a YouTube video, viral marketing, and social media with thousands of worried hospital employees to head off the Jindal administration's planned Medicaid budget cuts.
TED GRIGGS |
Ochsner’s Telemedicine System Gives Stroke Victims Quicker Access to Care
Three hours – that’s the tiny window of time that ticks away much too quickly for an ischemic stroke victim. Immediate treatment with the clot-busting drug, tPA (tissue plasminogen activator), within this time period could minimize life-changing, long-term effects. But, many patients, particularly those in rural areas, just can’t get to a neurologist that fast. The smaller the hospital, the less likely it is to use tPA.
LISA HANCHEY |
PCF, Insurance Commissioner Continue Battle
Louisiana's Patients' Compensation Fund Oversight Board and insurance commissioner appear headed for a legislative showdown to decide who will decide the malpractice rates providers must pay.
TED GRIGGS |
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Fibromyalgia: A Disease Without a Medical Home
"Ideally, It Would Be Neurology," Expert Says
Rae Marie Gleason, executive director of the National Fibromyalgia Association, said the tendency still exists among physicians to view fibromyalgia as “an illness of whining women who really could get better if they just wanted to.” Yet, Gleason’s job gets easier every day, as an abundance of research ties those patients’ complaints to brain activity – or lack thereof.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Healthcare Real Estate Outlook
Looking for Silver Linings in Cloudy Skies
Turn on the television; open any paper, and it’s clear the American housing market has been in a freefall for more than a year. For the most part, the commercial sectors have followed suit.
Cindy Sanders |
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget
State lawmakers head back to the capitol Monday, March 29, at Noon to begin the 85 day regular session of the Louisiana Legislature. There have been some preliminary meetings where the budget committees have held briefings on the Governor’s Executive Budget. It is being said that state lawmakers have to cut a whopping $1 billion from the state’s budget to address a deficit. On February 19, 2010, state officials presented the Governor’s Executive Budget...
CINDY BISHOP |
Recoupment of Federal Healthcare Dollars: Different Approaches
A Comparison of the Medicaid and Medicare Recovery Audits
While the words "fraud and abuse" may have diminished in use, they have been replaced with the latest catch phrases "improper payments" and "recovery audits." Both Medicare and Medicaid are active in their efforts to remain true to their agency’s survival during this financial crisis through the audit processes.
BETTY HATTEN |
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