Infection prevention and occupational health teams at hospitals are testing new digital avenues to help pinpoint and notify employees who might have interacted with a colleague who tests positive for COVID-19.

The Veterans Affairs Department said it inadvertently overpaid Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute more than $2.3 million for physician-administered drugs, which the provider has agreed to repay.

The 2010 passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act was associated with a 47% reduction in obesity prevalence among students in poverty.

While the Lown Institute's ranking system includes the typical Medicare quality measures, it also uses data from CMS, hospital 990 forms and other federal data to show how well hospitals are leveraging their role in communities.