DaVita, the nation's second-largest provider of dialysis services, is wagering that integrated care will change the way it takes care of kidney-care patients and even what kind of company DaVita will become.
FULL STORY »
When it comes to basic R&D, trying to get complex science-based projects off the ground, what's the most effective and efficient approach—through the private sector or the public sector?
FULL STORY »
Earlier this year, Partners HealthCare awarded nearly $1 million to support health prevention programs in four eastern Massachusetts cities served by the system's hospitals.
FULL STORY »
The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to allocate wireless spectrum for medical body area networks, a new type of wireless medical device that would reduce the number of wires tethering a patient to a hospital bed and increase the role of patient monitoring at home.
FULL STORY »
Federal auditors found that the CMS failed to collect about 80% of the $416 million that was specifically identified as overpayments in prior audits. Furthermore, auditors said the CMS could not prove that the 20% said to be collected was actually received. In response, the CMS said that just over...
FULL STORY »
South Shore Hospital, Weymouth, Mass., agreed to a $750,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit over a 2010 data breach involving the records of 800,000 individuals. South Shore agreed to pay a $250,000 civil penalty along with $225,000 that will go into a fund set up by Attorney General Martha Coakley...
FULL STORY »
DaVita, the nation's second-largest provider of dialysis services, is wagering that integrated care will change the way it takes care of kidney-care patients and even what kind of company DaVita will become.
FULL STORY »
President Barack Obama aims to put the Blue Button technology for accessing medical records in the palm of your hand via a smartphone or tablet as part of several initiatives to expand the government's presence on mobile devices.
FULL STORY »
Patients are receiving the care, so it only makes sense to have them help design it. That's the philosophy being adopted by the federal government with $120 million in funding for comparative-effectiveness research that was unveiled last week.
FULL STORY »
Bringing hospitals from the Madonna era into the Lady Gaga era is how some staff at the American Hospital Association refer to the first major update of Medicare's conditions of participation for hospitals since 1986.
FULL STORY »
Part of the Obama administration's effort to ease the regulatory burden on hospitals has left some puzzling over whether the rule would require physicians to run for elected office and require voters to elect them.
FULL STORY »
Three Roman Catholic health systems joined in the fight against HHS' final rules mandating insurance coverage for employee birth control—a legal battle that some observers called premature and others said was imperative.
FULL STORY »
Patients and their families are an often-untapped resource of critical information that can enhance care, ease diagnosis and help to avoid a host of adverse events.
FULL STORY »
A Senate-passed measure to renew expiring user-fee programs for drug and device manufacturers also would address the growing concern over drug shortages. The House of Representatives was expected to consider its user-fee measure on Wednesday.
FULL STORY »
Healthcare prices, one flashpoint in the national debate over healthcare spending and access, have attracted heightened interest from researchers, the industry and Congress.
FULL STORY »
Borderline personality disorder. Schizophrenia. Suicidal behaviors. Typically found in the caseload of an inpatient psychiatric facility, these conditions have become prevalent in hospital ERs.
FULL STORY »
Earlier this year, Partners HealthCare awarded nearly $1 million to support health prevention programs in four eastern Massachusetts cities served by the system's hospitals.
FULL STORY »
When it comes to basic R&D, trying to get complex science-based projects off the ground, what's the most effective and efficient approach—through the private sector or the public sector?
FULL STORY »
“The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force bucked the (conventional) thinking when it released its final recommendations regarding screenings for prostate cancer. After reviewing the scientific evidence, the 16-member panel of healthcare experts recommended that the prostate-specific antigen...
FULL STORY »
Nearly half of respondents to a Modern Healthcare online poll strongly oppose a the idea of a new tax to finance a large boost in public health funding.
FULL STORY »
You have just received the quarterly statistics, and the numbers aren't any better. Your number of critical sentinel events hasn't dropped, central-line infections still remain high, medication errors are still occurring at an unacceptable rate, and, most important, staffers are frustrated and...
FULL STORY »
A list of the nation's healthcare spending by 21 industry sectors analyzed in aggregate. Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Published May 28, 2012, p. 34.
FULL STORY »
Jeffery Sliwinski was named CFO of HCA's Gulf Coast Division, which includes 10 hospitals and hospital campuses and seven ambulatory surgery centers, according to a news release. Sliwinski, 43, replaces Kim Lelli, 55, who announced in April he would retire May 31 after 29 years at HCA...
FULL STORY »
Switch to the new Modern Healthcare Daily News app
For the best experience of ModernHealthcare.com on your iPad, switch to the new Modern Healthcare app — it's optimized for your device but there is no need to download.
