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Employers Preparing for Health Reform, Too
Stephens Execs Explain Law in Seminars
Tom Kane, executive vice president with Stephens Inc., plunks a 2,000-page stack of papers onto the podium and tells the audience that this is the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal government’s healthcare reforms that they will have to follow if they want to continue providing insurance to their employees. And then he tells them it’s just a start.
STEVE BRAWNER |
Health Insurers Tackle Deluge of Changes
Reform Regulations Are Kicking In Already
Healthcare reform requires changes of all stakeholders, but probably none more so than third-party payers, usually portrayed as wearing the black hat in this ongoing drama. In fact, President Obama hasn’t hesitated to cast insurers in the role of characters more worried about money than patient care.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Heart Surgery in 3-D
System Offers Advanced Mapping Techniques
Just before he is wheeled into surgery, Gary Lovell jokingly asks a nurse if she has had her coffee and then kisses his girlfriend, Brenda Lahtinen, telling her, "I love you, Sweetie."
STEVE BRAWNER |
HEALTHCARE LEADER: A Conversation with Paul K. Halverson, DrPH, FACHE
State Health Officer, Director, Arkansas Department of Health
A former hospital administrator, university professor and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leader, Paul K. Halverson, DrPH, FACHE, has shown his insightful flexibility adapting to changing situations. Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee appointed Halverson director of the Arkansas Department of Health in 2005. Democrat Gov. Mike Beebe reappointed him to the post in 2007.
LYNNE JETER |
Children Are Not Small Adults
Nanopediatrics Emerges to Ensure Nanotechnology Encompasses Kids
Imagine a pump the size of a molecule delivering medicine directly in the body where it's needed. Or a miniscule tool programmed to seek out and destroy the first cancer cells of a tumor. That's the promise of nanomedicine, medical applications in the much broader field of nanotechnology. Yet, as such customized medical innovations are being researched, Edward R.B. McCabe III, MD, has one reminder: Kids are different.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Maximizing Reimbursements
In an environment of rising costs and diminishing returns, it's easy to hone in on contracted rates as the sole source of financial woes. Certainly, negotiating favorable reimbursements with payers is key to a healthy bottom line, but it's really only half the story.
CINDY SANDERS |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Heath McCarver, MD
It was as if Heath McCarver, MD, was born in the fast lane. When it came to completing some of life’s most important milestones, he seemed to zip by everyone else quickly and got there early.
LISA BRISTOW |
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