Healthcare providers may soon be fighting the Medicare reimbursement battle on three fronts: The first over the proposed fiscal 2008 budget that calls for near across-the-board provider cuts; the second over proposed fiscal 2008 prospective payment...
Over the past five years, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has spent some $419 million on patient safety—mostly in the form of grants of less than $300,000—money that has funded a multitude of research investigations and pilot...
The CMS’ attempt to clarify emergency-care responsibilities of specialty and other hospitals doesn’t go far enough to protect patients, said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee. The agency, in guidance issued...
Healthcare providers may soon be fighting the Medicare reimbursement battle on three fronts: The first over the proposed fiscal 2008 budget that calls for near across-the-board provider cuts; the second over proposed fiscal 2008 prospective payment...
The bigger a growth company becomes, the harder it is to keep growing at the same pace. It’s elemental mathematics: It takes a bigger boost in revenue compared with the year-ago quarter to sustain a 20% growth rate as the revenue base grows...
in healthcare, as firms bid last week to separately acquire Genesis HealthCare Corp., a long-term-care provider, and Symbion, an owner and operator of ambulatory surgery centers.
Sunrise Senior Living said last week that Chief Financial Officer Bradley Rush was suspended with pay on April 23 for failing to obey the company’s directives about retaining documents during an investigation.
Texas Health Resources, Arlington, announced a 10-year plan for delivering care in north Texas that will include both a new organizational structure and a new physician organization called Texas Health Resources Medical Group.
Cardinal Health’s decision last week to set aside a $600 million cash reserve to help settle a class-action securities-violation lawsuit doesn’t appear to be causing worry among its customers about the company’s ability to continue supplying...
Last December, after an accreditation review visit from the Joint Commission, Massachusetts General Hospital President Peter Slavin sent out a staffwide memo detailing 10 areas in which the commission was requiring improvement in patient care and...
A recent survey indicates that steps by the federal government to make it easier for hospitals to pay for physicians’ information technology has not boosted IT use, though industry officials are anticipating help on the matter from the Internal...
Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s CEO IT Achievement Award. The 2007 winners are: Alan Aviles, president and chief executive officer of the...
Greater awareness of mental health issues, changes in treatment methods and the need for updated facilities have led to expansions and new construction in behavioral health, although not a building boom, according to behavioral health and...
Over the past five years, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has spent some $419 million on patient safety—mostly in the form of grants of less than $300,000—money that has funded a multitude of research investigations and pilot...
Those readers who are dependent on Medicare to make ends meet may want to take notes on this editorial. We will try to explain the “45% rule,” and tell you why it is at once meaningless as fiscal doctrine and potentially quite meaningful as a threat...
As consumers, every day we are faced with a dizzying array of choices. Which big screen television should I buy? Which fancy coffee drink should I have this morning? What unique and specialized options would I like on my new vehicle?
The virtuous, politically charged platitudes put forth in the commentary by New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer have a lot of appeal on the surface, but could very easily evolve into another ill-conceived, unfunded federal mandate (“Let’s complete the job,”...
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about recovering a lost raincoat because of the alertness of a New Orleans airline employee named Tyrone Green. He spotted my coat near his station in the airport and went out of his way to put the coat aside in case...
Two top members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have asked the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study whether patient safety is being undermined by long work shifts by providers, especially young physicians in residency...
A session on the future of performance measures and quality of care at last week’s World Health Care Congress in Washington erupted into a battle of wills between the CMS and the physician lobby.
