Kelsey Brimmer
Amistad, a non-profit corporation that provides peer support to individuals with serious life challenges in Portland, Maine, has launched a new program to provide alternative solutions for those who frequently use the emergency department for psychiatric crisis.
The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) and its founding health systems announced a set of six challenges for hospitals nationwide aimed at improving the healthcare sector's environmental footprint during a media briefing Tuesday.
Lancaster Pollard closed on a $25 million financing deal with Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa, Iowa, for a 52,000-square-foot expansion of the healthcare facility, the financial services firm announced Monday.
A report released Thursday by the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) along with the Missouri Primary Care Association details both the many challenges and opportunities for collaborations between the state's hospitals and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).
According to research presented last week at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session, the likelihood of heart failure patient readmission can be drastically lowered when using a simple checklist before patients leave the hospital.
In a recent 4-0 vote, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made the decision to uphold Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell's December order for Toledo, Ohio-based Promedica to divest St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio.
As the shortage of primary care providers is becoming more of a threat to healthcare organizations, a new national program has been created to help identify primary care sites around the country that are using their workforce creatively in order to increase access, provide good quality care and create value at their institutions.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has been cracking down recently on Medicare overpayments to hospitals.
On Thursday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that health insurance premium increases in nine states have been deemed "unreasonable" under the rate review authority granted by the Affordable Care Act.
The Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) will host Ohio hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and federal healthcare officials on Friday, March 23, in Columbus to begin the implementation of the Partnership for Patients program.