There was plenty of good news in the second-year results from the CMS' 30-day hospital readmissions penalty program, which was largely overlooked by the press.
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The Obama administration and several federal agencies have proposed reining in the Medicare critical-access program. That has triggered widespread outrage and fear among critical-access hospital officials and their trade-industry spokespeople.
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Facing declining revenue and reimbursement, hospital systems across the U.S. are making it a priority to sharply reduce spending on supplies including gloves, syringes and hip implants.
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The American Hospital Association posted an $8.7 million surplus in fiscal 2012, thanks in part to increased member activity coming from uncertainty surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, officials from the trade group said Thursday.
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The Obama administration and several federal agencies have proposed reining in the Medicare critical-access program. That has triggered widespread outrage and fear among critical-access hospital officials and their trade-industry spokespeople.
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Many of the health plans that will be sold on the new state insurance exchanges in January will offer substantially smaller networks of hospitals and physicians than current health plans generally offer.
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Provider groups are protesting a CMS rule interpreting the healthcare reform law that gives consumers a grace period for unpaid health insurance premiums will put them at significant risk of delivering services for which they won't get paid.
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A new political battle over California's landmark $250,000 cap on pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is revving up, and the issue may go to the state's voters next year.
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As patients are forced to pay a bigger share of their medical bills, bad debt will remain a concern for providers—even as more Americans gain insurance coverage under healthcare reform.
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Facing declining revenue and reimbursement, hospital systems across the U.S. are making it a priority to sharply reduce spending on supplies including gloves, syringes and hip implants.
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There was plenty of good news in the second-year results from the CMS' 30-day hospital readmissions penalty program, which was largely overlooked by the press.
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Most of the leaders in this nation's dysfunctional system of healthcare now agree that a reliance on in-patient admissions and revenue is a thing of the past.
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Regarding “OIG proposal threatens two-thirds of enhanced payments to critical-access hospitals”, this proposal is very concerning and off target as we seek to improve the health status of our country. It makes...
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A list of the largest healthcare merger-and-acquisition deals through June 2013, ranked by announced purchase price based on Modern Healthcare reporting. Source: Modern Healthcare Insights 2013 Healthcare M&A Watch, Q1 and Q2 analysis. Published August 19, 2013, p. 34.
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Patrick Muldoon was hired as president of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., effective Aug. 26. Muldoon, 58, was named to his first CEO position at age 28, and has since led hospitals and health systems in Michigan, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Muldoon is president and CEO...
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Joseph Powell, the longtime president and CEO at Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., Memphis, Tenn., died Aug. 2 at 86 after a long illness.
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The National Museum of Health and Medicine could hold the key to answering a controversy that's nearly 150 years old: Is President Lincoln's assassin actually buried in the historic Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore?
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Walk onto any Hollywood studio lot, and you're likely to see a bevy of trailers serving as dressing rooms, mobile offices or even a cafeteria. But lately, there has been another kind of trailer seen outside soundstages, and at this one, a doctor will see you. Not Doogie Howser, mind you, but a real...
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Medical advances have made it possible for many of us to live to see our 100th birthdays, but more than half of adults don't think they want to blow out that many candles.
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“There are hospitals out there that have been independent for 80 years and they're saying, 'We're going to be independent for the next 100 years.' That's going to be a tall order. As other hospitals consolidate and grow around you, whatever niche you had will vaporize.”
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