Jeff Lagasse
While surgical screws or sponges can cost a hospital less than a penny each, when a surgeon accentially leaves one of these behind in a patient's body the mistake can cost both patientsa and healthcare providers dearly.
Sacred Heart Health System, a member of Catholic nonprofit health system Ascension, is raising money for a new, four-story children's hospital in Pensacola, Florida, the system has announced.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced Wednesday that over $260 million in funding will be dispensed to 290 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The funds are primarily for facility renovation, expansion, or construction.
A new study by the CVS Health Research Institute found that home infusion care is safe, clinically effective and improves quality of life; and when it's compared to infusion care delivered in a hospital or clinic, it may also reduce healthcare costs.
Nursing home that either merged or were acquired by major chains between 1993 and 2010 had more health deficiency citations than independent ones, according to a study published Monday in Health Affairs, though researchers said facilities that sold to chains were already struggling with quality issues.
Proposed regulations released last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are raising concerns that the playing field is uneven, with 87 percent of solo practitioners getting penalized and 81 percent of clinicians in large groups earning bonuses, according to some estimates.
Florida Hospital has seen significant improvements in its case mix index, resulting in a $72.5 million increase in appropriate reimbursement since the implementation of a clinical documentation improvement program.
Physician payments rates are on the rise across the United States, according to a national compensation survey released Friday from MD Ranger.
The report is intended to reveal multiple inefficiencies in how large U.S. businesses manage their expenses.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has made public a "lightly redacted" copy of the letter it sent to beleaguered blood-testing company Theranos on March 18, with newly revealed allegations that its proprietary testing devices often failed to meet the company's own accuracy requirements for certain tests -- in one instance, failing to accurately detect prostate cancer.