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Listening Loudly: Improvement Needed for Communication among Healthcare Providers | Sage Graham, University of Memphis, Washington Hill, Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Listening Loudly: Improvement Needed for Communication among Healthcare Providers
When Washington Hill, MD, was planning a day-long conference in April to focus on issues impacting the management of high-risk obstetrical patients in South Florida, he made certain that communication was high on the agenda.
LYNNE JETER

Nashville Healthcare Law: Health Care Reform: Top 10 Things Employers Need to Know
In late March, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 were signed into law (together “the Act”), effectively ushering in a new era in healthcare. This sweeping legislation will radically alter the way healthcare is delivered and the way health insurance will be bought, sold and provided in the United States. The Act also imposes many new requirements on employer-sponsored group health plans. Failure to comply with those requirements may result in substantial monetary penalties. Healthcare providers are also employers, of course, and they will be drastically impacted by the following provisions like all other employers. This article is by no means intended to be a comprehensive look at the Act, rather it is a quick look at those provisions of the Act most likely to have a substantial impact on employers.

Moral Medicine: A Modest Proposal
Moral Medicine: A Modest Proposal
The biggest issue in healthcare reform is escalating costs. Without something changing our growth curve, we will be spending one out of every five dollars in the country on healthcare in 2017, one out of four in 2025 and one out of two by 2050. Clearly, something must be done.
DAVID STEVENS, MD, MA (Bioethics)

Plan Now for the Impact of Healthcare Reform on Personal Finances
How will the new healthcare reform law affect physician incomes? No one knows for sure, but the worst thing doctors can do is to put off personal financial planning in the face of that uncertainty.
BARBARA RICHARDS, TrustCore