For the more than 5,000 hospices across the country, success is often measured by hard-to-pin-down metrics, such as whether a patient feels comfortable or is able to help to plan his or her funeral.
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A public health emergency is upon us. This one doesn't stem from the standard epidemics such as avian flu or cholera. We're talking about a mental health threat: campaign season.
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In the past two years, the Justice Department has waged an extensive investigation into thousands of implantable cardioverter defibrillators for Medicare beneficiaries between 2003 and 2010.
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Twenty-six states had adverse-event reporting systems in 2008, but hospitals reported few adverse events to the state systems, HHS' inspector general's office said in a report.
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The American Hospital Association named James Hinton its new chair-elect designate. Hinton, 53, will begin leading the board in 2014. The AHA made the announcement of his election at its Leadership Summit in San Francisco. Hinton is the president and CEO of Presbyterian Healthcare Services in...
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In Capitol Hill testimony, the head of physician-recruitment firm Merritt Hawkins said that about 75% of his firm's physician placements will be as hospital employees in two years if current trends continue. At a hearing of the House Small Business Committee's Subcommittee on Investigations,...
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A Colorado state appellate court ruled that nurse anesthetists can administer anesthesia without physician supervision in the state's critical-access and rural hospitals. The case has pitted the state's doctors against the governor, hospitals and nurses in what has turned into a scope-of-practice...
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In the past two years, the Justice Department has waged an extensive investigation into thousands of implantable cardioverter defibrillators for Medicare beneficiaries between 2003 and 2010.
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As state governors wrestle with Medicaid expansion and health insurance exchange implementation, they now have another federal funding opportunity to test new healthcare payment and delivery models in their states.
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Some state leaders may hold out for the White House to haggle with them individually over expanding their Medicaid programs as the administration struggles to salvage the reform law's coverage goals.
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Hospitals and health systems will have varying abilities to use the government's new system of marking medical devices with unique identifiers, though the effectiveness of the effort to improve safety and efficiency relies on providers' voluntary participation.
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Forty healthcare companies and organizations have made Modern Healthcare's inaugural list of Healthcare's Hottest, a new recognition program honoring the fastest growing companies and organizations in the $2.7 trillion healthcare industry.
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Rural healthcare providers see benefits to transporting some trauma patients by helicopter ambulance, but uncertainty remains regarding the safety and efficacy of using the costly services.
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For the more than 5,000 hospices across the country, success is often measured by hard-to-pin-down metrics, such as whether a patient feels comfortable or is able to help to plan his or her funeral.
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ACWORTH, Ga.—WellStar Health System, Marietta, Ga., last week opened its first health park, offering a number of outpatient services in a single location. The five-hospital system has spent a total of $109 million building two such health parks, a spokesperson said. The first floor of...
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ABERDEEN, S.D.—Sanford Health last week opened its new Aberdeen Medical Center, a 48-bed hospital under construction since May 2010. The $60 million facility was built next to the previously established multispecialty Sanford Health Aberdeen Clinic, and Sanford has had a presence in...
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LOWELL, Mass.—Lowell General Hospital completed its merger agreement with Saints Medical Center, a 117-bed hospital also in Lowell. Lowell General also announced that it has established Circle Health, which will operate as a parent company as well as serve as an umbrella organization...
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SALEM, Ore.—Oregon received federal approval and promises of enhanced Medicaid funding to begin treating thousands of patients through provider networks called coordinated-care organizations whose goal is to...
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A public health emergency is upon us. This one doesn't stem from the standard epidemics such as avian flu or cholera. We're talking about a mental health threat: campaign season.
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“On the subject of the Affordable Care Act … a number of fallacies seem to be congealing into accepted wisdom. Much of this is the result of unrelenting Republican propaganda and right-wing punditry, but it has gone largely unchallenged by gun-shy Democrats. The result is that voters...
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After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling, more than half of respondents to a Modern Healthcare online poll strongly oppose continued efforts to repeal the healthcare reform law.
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While change has been an ever-present force in our nation's healthcare system, what we are seeing now is a monumental transformation in the way care will be provided in the future. It's an issue that is being discussed far and wide, from conversations around the dinner table to election-year...
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A list of the nation's 35 largest post-acute-care companies, ranked by 2011 net revenue. Source: Modern Healthcare's 13th annual Post-Acute Care Survey. Published July 23, 2012, p. 32.
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The Georgia Hospital Association's longtime president and CEO, Joseph Parker, plans to retire next year, effective June 30. Parker, 66, has served at the helm of the association since 1986. A subcommittee of its board of trustees will begin the search for a replacement during the next few...
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Parkland Health & Hospital System, the public healthcare provider for the Dallas area, named a new leadership team and has given it a mandate to “focus on a rapid and sustainable turnaround.”
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