The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed an immigration bill that would seek to strengthen the country's healthcare workforce by making it easier for foreign health professionals to work in the U.S....
Administrators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center were well aware of the flaws in their inpatient admissions process before an audit from HHS' inspector general's office publicly pointed them out....
New legislation from Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) is welcome news to 20 state hospital associations working to eliminate a contentious hospital wage-index provision in the reform law....
Physician discontentment and cultural differences appear to have ended the six-month merger talks between Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System....
Celebrities drive average Americans to want what they have. That powerful impulse could prove complicated for some women who fear they're at high risk for breast cancer....
The Defense Department is back in the market for an electronic health-record system for its sprawling healthcare empire, according to a memorandum from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. FULL STORY »
Two days after the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) promised that U.S. taxpayers would not bear the cost of... FULL STORY »
Promising to “bolster physicians' clinical and financial autonomy,” three Texas physician associations have teamed up to form the Physician Services Organization for Patient Care, which... FULL STORY »
A senior Senate Democrat aims to expedite legislation that would establish both a track-and-trace system for drugs and a new regulatory framework for compounding pharmacies. FULL STORY »
Key federal programs to boost electronic health-record system use passed a milestone last month as more than half of physicians and other “eligible professionals” have received incentive... FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson and Ashok Selvam | May 21, 2013
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Treating injuries from tornadoes is a well-established job in Oklahoma, but healthcare providers say the twister that carved a 17-mile-long path of destruction through central Oklahoma Monday... FULL STORY »
By Jay Greene, Crain's Detroit Business | May 21, 2013
Physician discontentment and cultural differences appear to have ended the six-month merger talks between Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System. FULL STORY »
Not-for-profit healthcare providers are making a number of changes to decrease the burden of underfunded pension obligations, including making sweeping changes to their retirement plans and... FULL STORY »
Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization, a Boston-based accountable care organization launched in January 2013, announced that Christina Severin will join as its first president and CEO in late June. FULL STORY »
An early report on Monday's tragedy in Oklahoma points to just how far this nation has come in a short time on health information exchange. FULL STORY »
By Ashok Selvam and Joe Carlson | May 20, 2013
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A tornado ripped through a small Oklahoma hospital Monday afternoon and rendered the facility helpless to treat victims of the widespread devastation in the area. FULL STORY »
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