Henry Powderly
Jefferson Health will merge with Kennedy Health, the healthcare systems announced on Friday, in a move that will add three New Jersey hospitals to the growing Philadelphia-based provider.
Acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Andy Slavitt on Tuesday shocked many in healthcare when he laid out an aggressive timeline to replace the meaningful use program, a electronic health records mandate and incentive program that healthcare providers put millions into.
Next Generation joins the Pioneer ACO and the Medicare Shared Savings ACO models as the three accountable care innovation models supported by CMS. The federal agaency has said these programs will help the sector move more quickly towards value-based reimbursement.
Overall, the U.S. economy added 292,000 jobs in the month and the unemployment held flat at 5 percent.
When Northwell Health officially replaced the former North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System brand name on January 1, officials got an extra marketing boost when the first baby born in New York on New Year's Day was delivered at a Northwell hospital.
Martin Shkreli, the Turing Pharmaceutical CEO reviled by many for hike 5,000 percent price hike of AIDS drug Daraprim, was arrested Thursday on securities fraud, according to several published reports.
The public health system will also use Cerner's patient engagement tool, which takes patient data and uses it to suggest wellness tools and other health tracking options.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday updated the quality scores for 40,000 physicians who shared benchmarks under the Physician Quality Reporting System, despite outcry by the American Medical Association that the data is incomplete.
Douglas Hough, associate scientist at the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins University, on Monday drew links between what he said are standard policy levers in behavioral economics and strategic points to fine tune the revenue cycle.
Healthcare added a modest 24,000 jobs in November, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday, as hiring slowed following the massive job gains the sector saw in October.