Richard Pizzi
Hospitals rated in the top 5 percent in the nation have a 29 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality rate and are improving their clinical quality at a faster pace than other hospitals, according to a study issued Tuesday.
Providence Health & Services, a 27-hospital non-profit health system, based in Renton, Wash., has selected a vendor to provide primary early placement outsourced revenue cycle services for its California facilities.
Through focused attention to the revenue cycle, healthcare organizations can add 2 percent to 4 percent to their bottom lines, according to an expert in hospital business planning.
The Medical Travel and Health Tourism Quality Alliance has listed the 10 best hospitals in the world for medical travel.
NorthBay Healthcare in Fairfield, Calif., has begun assessing its readiness for migration from the ICD-9 to the ICD-10 coding and billing system.
The economic downturn continues to impact New Jersey hospitals through the loss of jobs and services, according to survey results released this week by the New Jersey Hospital Association.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended this week that Congress give hospitals a fiscal year 2011 payment update equal to the rate of change in the market basket index, currently projected at 2.4 percent, concurrent with implementation of a pay-for-performance program.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced financial settlements this week with five healthcare facilities located in the New York City region to immediately end the practice of disposing of pharmaceutical waste into the watershed.
Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector increased by approximately 21,500 jobs in December, while the national unemployment rate remained unchanged at 10.0 percent, according to recent data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Caring Hands Health Clinics of McAlester, Okla., has initiated a new program to offer discount medications to patients in southeastern Oklahoma.