Richard Pizzi
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2011 that would decrease average inpatient payments by 0.1 percent.
As the practice of hospital medicine continues to grow as a specialty, hospitalist physicians will likely need to sharpen their practice management skills.
As Healthcare Finance News went to press, 160-year-old St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan was preparing to shut its doors for good.
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed legislation last week that enables hospitals to pay a coverage fee that will be used to fill a $659 million hole in the state’s Medicaid budget this year.
A new survey reveals that a significantly lower proportion of general internists are satisfied with their careers than are internal medicine sub-specialists, raising further concerns about the growing shortage of primary care providers.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is sharing more than $15 million in savings with 166 home health agencies based on their performance during the first year of the Medicare Home Health Pay for Performance demonstration.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) filed an amendment this week to the pending Wall Street reform legislation to repeal the health insurance industry's exemption from federal antitrust laws.
The healthcare reform law may benefit specialist physicians more than primary care providers, according to a new report.
The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System has launched an online service to help patients determine the cost of medical services in advance and learn how to get help with paying hospital bills.