Beth Jones Sanborn
If the law doesn't become too complicated, the CMS chief said it will lead to better care and happier doctors.
The new rule hopes to drive the mass transition to value-based reimbursement, with doctors getting paid based on the quality of their work and the steps they take to improve their practices.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt told the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday that the agency would consider delaying the implementation of MACRA, the industry-overhauling bi-partisan legislation set to go into effect January 1 of next year.
While most policy changes come from the top down, Geisinger Health System's new dress code for nurses came from an unusual source: patients.
The healthcare industry continues to drive job growth in the United States, contributing 39,000 of the 287,000 total jobs employers added to the economy in June, the Department of Labor announced Friday.
NYU Langone Medical Center and Winthrop-University Hospital have signed a non-binding letter of intent that would unite the two prominent organizations in the creation of an integrated healthcare network for the New York metro area.
'Why shouldn't 130 million ultrasounds be done with modern digital equipment saving a $100 billion a year?'
Julie Williamson, PhD, kicked off HFMA ANI 2016 Sunday night urging those in healthcare to find that sweet spot where they are actively embracing their organization's core competencies but at the same time incorporating what is changing the market, and the world, around them.
HFMA: The Healthcare Financial Management Association has named Richard D. Schrock, as the recipient of the 2016 Frederick C. Morgan Individual Achievement Award. HFMA announced the award as part of ANI 2016 in Las Vegas.
A one-day strike scheduled for Monday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston that would have been the largest in Massachusetts history and the first in Boston in 30 years has been averted. The Massachusetts Nurses Association made the announcement Saturday, less than two days before the strike was scheduled to begin.