Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – Providers frozen out of a $27 billion federal fund for conversion of medical records to electronic form are now fighting back in an effort to qualify for the money and possibly increase the size of the pot. The results of these multi-front battles are uncertain – but they are representative of a larger war. All over Washington, special interests are scrambling to improve their position by attempting to renegotiate portions of Obama’s health care reform – in new regulations, interpretations and proposed legislation. The new money for health information technology, or health IT, is the result of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which was part of President Barack Obama’s massive economic stimulus legislation in 2009. The idea was to allot stimulus funds to Medicare and Medicaid, which would then distribute the money to providers who demonstrated [...] Continue Reading…

David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter
Oklahoma City, OK, United States (AHN) – Robbers shot an off-duty major with the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office as the man was delivering money to a bank from a restaurant where he worked part time. Investigators think Maj. John Waldenville, 60, was targeted because he was carrying the money bag. One of the gunmen’s bullets struck Waldenville in the eye and ricocheted down his skull, missing his brain. Waldenville’s eye was destroyed and he has multiple facial fractures. Waldenville is a 25-year veteran with the sheriff’s office. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration. He supervises the sheriff’s office administrative services bureau. He worked part-time security for the Cattlemen’s Steakhouse in Oklahoma City. The shooting happened around midnight. Oklahoma City Police are looking for two black men who were reportedly wearing hooded sweatshirts at the time of the [...] Continue Reading…

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Jim Keller – AHN Sports Reporter
Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN Sports) – Jerry West is going to try and help resurrect another franchise. The 72-year-old Hall-of Fame sharpshooter joined the Golden State Warriors’ executive board Friday. West, who starred for the Los Angeles Lakers before becoming their general manager and helping build an NBA championship team, will assist in a variety of areas, ranging from basketball operations to business, sponsorship and marketing endeavors while maintaining his LA-based home. “We are elated to add Jerry West and his incredible list of credentials to our executive board,” said Warriors owner Joe Lacob in a statement. “His accomplishments in this business as both a player and executive are almost beyond comprehension and certainly well-documented. He’s simply a winner and, quite honestly, you can never have too many of those in your organization.” West starred for 14 seasons [...] Continue Reading…

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Jojo Doria – AHN Sports Contributor
New York, NY, United States (AHN Sports) – Target Field, the first facility built specifically for the Minnesota Twins, was named “The Sports Facility of the Year” by Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily at the 2011 Sports Business Awards Ceremony Wednesday in New York City. The Twins home ballpark, located in the Warehouse District west of Downtown Minneapolis, is the Major League Baseball franchise’s sixth ballpark and third in Minnesota. The Twins moved to the 39,504-seat open-air ballpark for the 2010 Major League Baseball season after playing 28 seasons at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. It marked the first time since 1936 that the Twins did not share their home stadium with an NFL team. The Twins shared the multipurpose Metrodome Stadium with the Minnesota Vikings and the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team. [...] Continue Reading…

Linda Young – AHN News Writer
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States placed tough sanctions on top Syria’s officials on Wednesday in an effort to get the nation to stop its brutal crackdown on citizens. Violations of the human rights of anti-government protestors by security forces in Syria caused President Barack Obama to place the first-ever sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and six other senior Syrian officials. Obama is holding Assad responsible for the first time for the actions of his security forces against the protestors. Sanctions include freezing assets and banning doing business with the U.S. At least 27 civilians were killed in a three-day attack aimed at subduing protests in the border town of Talkalakh. Syrian army and security forces used tanks in the offensive. United Nations officials say at least 850 people have been killed and thousands arrested during [...] Continue Reading…

Anne Lu – Celebrity News Service Contributor
New York, NY, United States (AHN Entertainment) – Christina Aguilera became defensive of her shenanigans in the past months, blaming a rumored intervention on “ex, disgruntled employees.” The new “The Voice” judge stopped by “The Today Show” Tuesday morning to promote her new gig, but the topic quickly focused on her muck ups. Aguilera, who has had a series of personal and professional blunders during the past months following her divorce from Jordan Bratman, wasn’t able to dodge questions about her “tough times” when asked by host Matt Lauer. But instead of admitting to failure, the 30-year-old mother of one blamed her antics to former, bitter employees. Lauer said, “There have been some tough times this year – the National Anthem thing, the fall at the Grammys, the divorce, the public intoxication. There was a time where people, your friends, [...] Continue Reading…

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor
New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will not be running for president in 2012. The reality show/real estate tycoon finally ended speculation as to his White House ambitions. Trump said that if he would have run, he probably would have won the Republican presidential nomination and would have probably defeated President Obama in November of next year. “Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector,” he said in a statement. Critics had widely agreed that Trump’s presidential candidate posturing was simply aimed at increasing the ratings for his TV show – and he wasn’t a serious contender for the office of the President. If he did decide to run he would have been forced to quit his TV show and release his [...] Continue Reading…

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