By Andis Robeznieks | February 04, 2012
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Launched with a campaign that sought to set the world on fire, the initial pilots using the Prometheus bundled-payment model found themselves struggling to get started as implementation proved to be as torturous as the project's acronym. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | January 28, 2012
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Do financial penalties in healthcare actually change behavior to a degree that leads to positive change? When it comes to readmissions, an answer is emerging: the threat of such penalties can. FULL STORY »
A pharmaceutical industry trend seeking increased profits from medical treatments for rare disorders is colliding with a hospital push for greater discounts on those drugs. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks | January 14, 2012
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The new Eagle Butte Health Center in South Dakota is set to open for business this week. The 10-bed, 138,000-square-foot Indian Health Service facility was paid for with $84.5 million from the stimulus law. FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson | December 19, 2011
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Hospital fire fact: If a small blaze broke out next to an MRI machine, would-be firefighters couldn't use a traditional metal extinguisher because powerful magnetism might yank it out of their hands. FULL STORY »
By Joseph Conn | December 12, 2011
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Upfront carrots coupled with far-off sticks are part of several federal health IT booster initiatives, and the CMS' Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program is no exception. FULL STORY »
Private, for-profit owners of nursing homes are off the hot seat for now, after years of being a target of influential members of Congress who had concerns they may provide lower quality of care. FULL STORY »
