From volume to value is the industry's current rallying cry as it attempts to shift from a system of paying per case to one that pays for results.
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Despite last year's uncertainty about the future of the reform law, healthcare executives took home more money than those in any other sector on the S&P 500, with insurance execs topping the list.
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Establishing criteria for executive pay in the healthcare sector is difficult enough, but hospital boards continue to face added pressure for increased transparency in the process.
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House Republicans are requesting that Congress' nonpartisan auditor investigate whether CMS funds were used for initiatives unrelated to Medicare and Medicaid and report back shortly before the Nov. 6 general election. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Wally...
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The National Quality Forum endorsed 46 measures related to cancer care, care coordination, healthcare disparities and culturally competent care for racial and ethnic minorities. The 22 cancer measures—chosen from an initial group of 26—address several specific types of the disease, such...
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Despite a California law that requires hospitals to report their incidences of healthcare-associated infections, many such infections still go unreported, according to a review conducted by the state's public health department. Using surveillance data gathered last year at 100 volunteer facilities,...
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Despite last year's uncertainty about the future of the reform law, healthcare executives took home more money than those in any other sector on the S&P 500, with insurance execs topping the list.
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With potential whistle-blowers lurking in every operating room in the country, hospital executives must become more vigilant in actively seeking out and investigating medical procedures that could be construed as unnecessary, medical and legal experts say.
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The Federal Trade Commission paved the way for a generic-drugmakers trade group to implement a plan to supply the Food and Drug Administration with manufacturing data as part of a government effort to address drug shortages.
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A proposed Federal Trade Commission agreement with a market-dominating cardiology group may be the first of its kind and the first of similar actions to come.
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Even as protocols and procedures for trauma care have been widely standardized in recent years, the price tag for such care still varies considerably from one region of the U.S. to another.
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The Massachusetts Hospital Association described a new state law that ties healthcare-spending growth to the state gross product as daunting, and some providers are echoing the sentiment.
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The federal incentive payment program for the meaningful use of electronic health-record systems is set up to require providers to meet increasingly high targets through each of the program's three stages. As providers await the CMS' release this summer of the final rule for Stage 2 criteria, what...
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Experts agree that mobile devices will significantly impact healthcare and not just delivery of care as we know it today. How fast that will happen and how broadly are the unanswered questions.
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Establishing criteria for executive pay in the healthcare sector is difficult enough, but hospital boards continue to face added pressure for increased transparency in the process.
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From volume to value is the industry's current rallying cry as it attempts to shift from a system of paying per case to one that pays for results.
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“Give Massachusetts credit for setting audacious healthcare goals. It took the lead in guaranteeing near-universal health insurance coverage for its residents ... Now a bill passed by the Legislature … aims to tackle the much harder problem of controlling healthcare costs. Massachusetts...
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Regarding “Mixed results seen on Blues medical-home project” (ModernPhysician.com, June 8), the National Committee for Quality Assurance's criteria...
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A list of the nation's 25 largest healthcare associations, ranked by 2010 revenue. Source: Modern Healthcare reporting from IRS Form 990 filings. Published Aug. 13, 2012, p. 32.
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Wayne Lindstrom has been named president and CEO of Mental Health America, Alexandria, Va., a community-based network advocating for mental health. Lindstrom, 65, replaces David Shern, 61, who announced in December his plans to retire. Lindstrom previously was CEO of Crossroads, a...
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Since Outliers can't leave the house without our “happy morning drink”—as a large mug of steaming whole bean medium roast is known in our house—we were cheered to discover that not only can coffee boost our mood, but it may also cut the risk of dying from some common...
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Anyone who frequents Twitter has surely encountered the dreaded over-sharer. We here at Outliers think that what you ate for dinner or how you're feeling right now are topics best left to chats with your friends or just left unsaid. But researchers at the University of Rochester in New York...
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