Erin McCann

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced the first group of prospective winners of its Health Care Innovation Awards. The winners could receive receive $2 million to $18 million each over three years for trying innovative care models.

After years in the shadows, operations applications are about to step into the spotlight as hospital administrators shift their focus away from clinical IT applications.

Security events in U.S. hospitals cost an estimated $1.6 billion each year. Nearly one of every five hospitals experiences a security breach, with the bill averaging $810,000 per breach.

A new study suggests educating doctors via real-time price comparison is a potentially effective tool in the effort to control costs.

After launching an accountable care organization program a year and a half ago, WESTMED Medical Group has improved quality metrics, increased patient satisfaction and just recently received a big bonus check for its results.

Before you know it, the ICD-10 go-live date of October 2014 will be here, and for those 55 percent of physicians who have yet to begin implementation, it's looking like a rocky road ahead.  

UnityPoint Health is notifying 1,800 patients that their protected health records have been compromised after it was discovered that an employee of the health system's third party contractor gained unauthorized access to patient records.

The Medical Group Management Association 2013 annual conference will offer a granular focus on the policy and technology issues that matter to physician practices, said Robert Tennant, MGMA's senior policy advisor.

The burgeoning market for clinical analytics solutions hinges on hospital margins following new payment reform.

Eight-hospital Barnabas Health in New Jersey is launching an accountable care organization program with the state's largest insurer, intended to both lower costs and improve care quality. The ACO go-live date is September 1.