The Food and Drug Administration’s proposed revamp may finally lead to changes at the agency that would give healthcare providers more timely information on drug and device safety.
Federal health officials developed a new rating system for influenza pandemics as a way to help communities better prepare for the spread of disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week released the so-called “Pandemic...
The Food and Drug Administration’s proposed revamp may finally lead to changes at the agency that would give healthcare providers more timely information on drug and device safety.
A new Government Accountability Office report critical of HHS privacy policies gave additional ammunition to patient privacy advocates and to members of Congress who argue that the government is eroding privacy with its information technology...
Hospital executives need only look to New York for an idea of how Dennis Rivera will steer a new healthcare union unveiled last week by the Service Employees International Union.
With a deal to sell its outpatient rehabilitation division to Select Medical Corp. for $245 million last week, HealthSouth Corp. will focus on inpatient rehabilitation and continue to consider the best way to unload its remaining businesses.
Renal-care-provider DaVita said the civil division of the U.S. attorney’s office in Philadelphia has closed a nearly 6-year-old investigation of the company without taking action.
The focus of healthcare investors and analysts sharpened on Triad Hospitals last week as a hedge fund critical of Triad’s management stepped up the pressure.
Last week’s criminal sentencing of two former Rhode Island hospital executives by a federal judge may have closed an embarrassing saga for their former employer, Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I. But the state legislator who the...
Tufts Health Plan, Waltham, Mass., said it will cut its workforce by 10%—or 175 positions—in an effort to keep administrative costs in line with competitors’ costs. Of those positions, 75 are currently vacant, a spokeswoman said. The latest cuts...
UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka, Minn., said its board approved a number of bylaw amendments to strengthen corporate governance. Under the proposed changes, which must be approved by shareholders at the insurer’s 2007 annual meeting, directors would...
Piggybacking on the ongoing debate over hospital billing of the uninsured, one of the nation’s largest auto insurance carriers is suing Adventist Health System Sunbelt Health Care Corp. for allegedly charging grossly inflated prices to treat...
When the Healthcare Financial Management Association updated its guidance last year on reporting uncompensated care, attention was focused on the hot-button issue of Medicare shortfalls: the role the shortfalls play in accounting for the community...
Although President Bush’s effort to push more Americans into the individual insurance market was seen by many as dead on arrival, his proposal to slash hospital funding to pay for state experiments on access isn’t quite so moribund. Anytime the...
How do you measure the value and substance of a person’s life? I’ve been reflecting on that question for the past two weeks, as I’ve readied myself for Charles S. Lauer’s departure from Modern Healthcare’s headquarters. Chuck will still be...
Beginning in March 2006, you have printed a number of articles and a letter to the editor concerning the Healthcare Research and Development Institute, with headlines such as “Antitrust probe targets HRDI,” “HRDI loses 10 members” and “The hypocrisy...
Two recent stories about quality of care have caught my attention, and they should catch yours, too. They show how creativity and a willingness to try new systems can lead to better outcomes for patients.
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, named Rodney Hochman as its new president and CEO, effective April 2. He will succeed Richard Peterson, 62, who announced his retirement in June 2006 after 12 often-tumultuous years at Swedish’s helm. Hochman,...
Many U.S. scientists seem to be on the same wavelength these days. In a storm of recent studies, they have used brain-imaging technology to answer questions about human behavior once left to economists, philosophers and theologians.
