Jack Beaudoin

Add this to the perils of healthcare leadership - more information might make you dumber. That's the warning Malcolm Gladwell offered Sunday night in his keynote address to approximately 4,500 attendees at the Medical Group Management Association's 2010 annual conference, which kicked off at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

A new study from Accenture says citizens in 16 countries agree that the government's role in healthcare starts with helping the elderly and disabled access existing services.

If you were hoping that the transition to HIPAA 5010 and ICD10 would be easy, think again.

There are two ways of looking at upcoming compliance deadlines for HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the long-awaited definition of "meaningful use" of healthcare information technology, providing new guidance for providers and hospitals to qualify for billions of dollars in federal incentives.

In a boon for safety-net hospitals, the federal government increased its allotment for “Disproportionate Share Hospitals” by an additional $268 million in 2009.

More than four in 10 hospitals stand a good chance of meeting the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's meaningful use criteria in 2011, according to the latest data from HIMSS Analytics.

While Congress works to reconcile the five healthcare reform bills that have been reported out of committees, health economists say they have at least this in common: all imply major changes in healthcare delivery down the road.

Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Charles E. Johnson has announced that the federal government will increase its 2009 allotment for "Disproportionate Share Hospitals" by an additional $268 million in 2009.

Acting HHS Secretary Charles E. Johnson said Friday that the federal government will increase its 2009 allotment for "Disproportionate Share Hospitals" by an additional $268 million in 2009.