Jeff Lagasse
Even though M&A activity has slowed in recent quarters, health professionals don't expect the slowdown to last.
Even the positive health effects observed in participating employees fell short of certain clinical measures of health.
Reasons for the jump include implementation of the ICD-10 coding system, increasing healthcare costs and EHRs.
This year's hospitals had better risk-adjusted outcomes, better patient satisfaction and a lower average cost per patient.
Evaluators often used personal descriptors to describe a student's performance, and they used strikingly different words for men and for women.
Hospitals in the state are looking to leverage economies of scale in order to survive the expected losses in reimbursement.
It was the fourth straight quarter in which M&A was lower than the annual quarterly average.
One medical center found savings of $67,241 over three years by foregoing routine chest X-rays, electrocardiograms and other preoperative procedures.
Medical students are at disproportionately high risk for depression and anxiety, and mindfulness can help them develop coping mechanisms.
Large hospitals and teaching hospitals are the most likely to see reduced penalties; those in states with high Medicaid enrollment will fare better.