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Aetna disputes state's $6B Medicaid contracts
Aetna is challenging Louisiana's decision to award contracts for $6 billion to three private insurance companies to help manage the state's new Medicaid program. In a petition for judicial review,
Hospitals could face flood of poor patients following LSU cuts
Mid-year funding cuts for the Louisiana State University hospital system could put financial duress on many other hospitals in the state, reported The Advocate. A report issued by the Moody's
Medicaid cuts looming for Louisiana hospitals
The Louisiana House of Representatives approved a $25 billion budget that includes $81 million of healthcare-related cuts, many of which are likely to be directed to the state's hospitals, reports
EMRs gaining more mainstream media steam
It's finally becoming newsworthy in local markets for hospitals to adopt EMRs. A quick scan of the newswires this morning reveals quite a few EMR-related stories from local news sources. "Hospitals
Feds: Lousiana owes $362M for overpayments to its public hospitals
CMS has formally given the state of Louisiana a pretty nasty fiscal demand: The agency has told state officials that during the mid-1990s, it overpaid state-run charity hospitals for care provided to
CT hospital puts ED waiting times online
Hoping to spread out emergency traffic across its three locations, Middlesex Hospital in Connecticut has started putting ED waiting times online to direct patients to the facility with the shortest
EMR projects finally getting noticed
EMR adoption may be far below where policymakers would like it to be, but at least the bully pulpit seems to be working. A couple of years ago, if you mentioned electronic medical records to a
