Jeff Lagasse
Eliasson has held numerous financial leadership roles, including vice president of commercial finance and vice president of financial planning and analysis.
The approach represents the potential for better clinical quality in the treatment of veterans, but also could help curb costs for both patients and providers.
The U.S. has substantially higher spending but worse population health outcomes than 10 other wealthy countries. New research finds the reasons are different than what many people think.
The findings come as pay-for-performance programs are being scrutinized due to the absence of strong evidence that they actually improve care quality.
In the age of consumerism, how you react to a breach, relay information to patients, and interact with people can mean the difference between customer retention or an expensive mass exodus.
Americans average a whopping $9,403 per person in annual healthcare spending, which is much more than the per-capita health spending in other wealthy countries.
Since hospital-employed doctors tend to perform services in an outpatient setting, the trend increases costs for Medicare and patients.
At issue are discrepancies between state survey agencies and CMS-approved accrediting organizations, such as the Joint Commission.
Here's a breakdown of the metropolitan areas where physicians and specialists make more money than others, based on gender and geography.
Allegations in medical malpractice claims against nurse practitioners don't differ radically from those made against primary care physicians.