A new study finds that U.S. hospitals recorded about 70,000 fewer cases than expected of Medicare patients being readmitted for inpatient care last year. FULL STORY »
Actress Angelina Jolie has focused public attention on breast cancer by announcing that because she carries a cancer-causing mutation, she has had a double mastectomy. FULL STORY »
Some hospitals have been using low-dose CT scans in recent years to screen patients at high risk for lung cancer even though most payers, including the CMS, still don't reimburse for the tests. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks | May 04, 2013
| Print Magazine
Before the H1N1 pandemic of 2009, almost no pharmacists administered flu vaccines. But last year, pharmacists working for Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen Co. administered 5.5 million flu shots among the 9 million vaccines they delivered. FULL STORY »
As the care delivery models of hospitals and health systems evolve, healthcare executives and managers predict a major shift in admissions from inpatient to outpatient settings. FULL STORY »
You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare these treatments concludes. FULL STORY »
Both providers and payers have been saying for years that personalized medicine will radically alter the way that cancer patients receive care. FULL STORY »
A sweeping new CMS rule to address hospitals' complaints that they have been denied hundreds of millions of dollars will not lead the American Hospital Association to drop its lawsuit over the issue. FULL STORY »
A large Missouri employer saw a sharp drop in workers' hospital visits after insisting employees in its most popular, generous health plan enroll in wellness initiatives. FULL STORY »
A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child who is now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year. FULL STORY »
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