Richard Pizzi
A new study by the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicates payments to hospitals dropped by as much as 13 percent for bariatric surgery patients between 2002 and 2006, due to fewer complications and fewer readmissions.
The $13 billion point-of-care diagnostic industry is ready for the recent deadly outbreak of swine flu, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information.
The recession is taking its toll on Pennsylvania's general acute care hospitals, as new data reveals that their total margins plummeted to -6.3 percent for the period of July 2008 through December 2008.
U.S. hospitals are significantly better prepared for disasters and public health emergencies now than they were in 2001, according to a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center study.
Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center in Dearborn, Mich., will soon offer medical care to recently laid-off Ford Motor Company workers at no cost.
Moody's Investors Service will explore new, defined liquidity measures with an eye to making them part of its standard set of metrics for rating healthcare, higher education and other not-for-profit institutions.
The Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Medical Assistance Services has signed a deal with HMS for the New York firm to audit community mental health and other behavioral health providers that participate in the Virginia Medicaid program.
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed into law the Colorado Healthcare Affordability Act, which will provide health coverage to more than 100,000 uninsured Coloradans and reduce uncompensated care and cost shifting.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule to update the Medicare Hospice Wage Index for fiscal year 2010, which would decrease Medicare payments by approximately 1.1 percent.
The University of Chicago has partnered with a provider of online healthcare compliance and competency software to build a Web-based tool for the management and real-time tracking of conflict of interest disclosures.