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Arkansas Physician Hospitals Alter Long Range Goals
HOT SPRINGS—When Ralph Beaty learned about potential changes to physician-owned hospitals resulting from national healthcare reform, he breathed a heavy sigh.
Beaty, CEO of HealthPark Hospital, a 20-bed physician owned medical/surgical hospital in Hot Springs, one of the leading hospitals in Arkansas ranked by patient satisfaction, recognized that healthcare reform, as it was written in mid-January, wouldn’t make that much of an impact on current operations. Yet he knew it could very well change the hospital’s long-term strategy.
LYNNE JETER - 2 opinions posted |
Are Physician-Owned Hospitals Doomed?
Healthcare Reform Not Death Knell Nail, But Close
Even though colonial doctors pioneered the establishment of hospitals in the United States when they could no longer provide the level of care required of their patients inside office walls, physician-owned hospitals may soon be history.
LYNNE JETER |
Doctor Indicted in Bombing Attack of West Memphis Physician
“Retaliation” Said To Be Motive
A federal grand jury has indicted Randeep Mann, MD, 51, of London, Ark., in the bombing attack that nearly killed fellow physician Trent Pierce of West Memphis last February, authorities announced Jan. 6.
STEVE BRAWNER |
By the Numbers
Saline Memorial Taking Care of Business and Patients
BENTON—There’s an abacus in Larry Alford’s office, and even though the Saline Memorial Hospital CFO doesn’t use it in his day-to-day job, it’s still a reminder that in healthcare as in every other business, the numbers must add up.
STEVE BRAWNER |
Killing Metastatic Cancer Cells
Arkansas Nanotechnology Team’s Findings Could Revolutionize Cancer Treatments
FAYETTEVILLE—A nontechnology research team from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UAF) and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) at Little Rock has received worldwide attention after publishing research in some of the world’s leading scientific publications about a method for magnetically trapping and then killing metastatic cancer cells. This revolutionary discovery gives hope for earlier cancer diagnosis and more effective treatment.
BECKY GILLETTE |
Arkansas Aids The MED
Memphis ER Remains Open—For Now
MEMPHIS, TENN.—Shelby County Mayor Joe Ford and the Shelby County Commission may have come up with a way to keep the doors open to the Emergency Department of the Regional Medical Center at Memphis (The MED), which were slated to close this month.
LYNNE JETER |
Overseeing Pain Management
State Pain Management Review Committee Staying Busy
When Juan Carlos Roman, MD, was appointed to the Pain Management Review Committee (PMRC), created by the Arkansas State Legislature to advise the Arkansas State Medical Board and signed into law by the governor of Arkansas in 2003, he admittedly “really did not appreciate its role in our state—to help maintain and assure that good pain management is available to the people of Arkansas.”
LYNNE JETER |
RAC ‘n’ Roll
Recovery Audit Contracting Rolled Out Nationwide
After several years of anticipation, the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program was set for nationwide rollout last month. Despite the notice, many Medicare providers still are not adequately prepared to respond to a request for records.
CINDY SANDERS |
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Mayo Clinic Software Answers Cardiology’s HIT Need
Kardia Health Brings Technology to the Market
With cardiologists spread thin and reimbursements for their services declining, the key to survival is improved efficiency. That’s according to Doug Marinaro, the chief operating officer of Minnesota-based Kardia Health Systems. The three-year-old company is working to put cardiology-focused health information technology developed by the renowned Mayo Clinic into the hands of providers.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
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