Below are the latest articles on Healthcare events from around the globe.

• Doctors say automated insurance process would improve patient care
  Insurance companies that require doctors to ask permission before performing treatment negatively affect patient care, a survey shows, and most doctors wish the system was automated. From Insurance and Financial Advisor - 11/23/2010
• Pay Practices in Health Care Are Investigated
  The Obama administration is investigating pay practices throughout the health care industry after finding that many hospitals and nursing homes do not pay proper overtime to nurses and other employees who work more than 40 hours a week.
  From New York Times - 10/19/10
• 4.9 million Americans now affected by major healthcare information breaches.
  Although 28 incidents were added to the official federal tally of major healthcare information breaches in the past month, none grabbed headlines for their size. But two-thirds of the new cases involved the theft or loss of unencrypted computer devices. From Healthcare Info Security - 9/23/10
• Health Records Firms Face Increasing Privacy Liability
  U.S. companies that partner with hospitals and other health providers could face steep fines if they disclose private patient information under a proposed new federal rule. From Insurance Journal - 7/19/2010
• Boston hospital group settles overtime lawsuit -
  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and three other affiliated hospitals have agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-actioni lawsuit brought by employees who said they weren't paid all the money they had earned. From Associated Press - 6/9/2010
  
• Nine hospitals settle allegations of falsely billing kyphoplasty procedures -
  Nine hospitals in seven states will pay the United States more than $9.4 million combined to resolve claims that they overcharged Medicare between 2000 and 2008. From Compliance Monitor –  5/19/2010