Stephanie Bouchard
In The Healthcare Crisis: The Urgent Need for Physician Leadership, author Fredric Tobis, a cardiologist, takes a look at the healthcare crisis and proposes that the industry needs to be rescued by physician leaders. Tobis talked to Healthcare Finance News about his book.
The merger and acquisition market for traditional Medicare home care businesses has stalled but the hospice segment is still hot, said a panel of home care and hospice investment experts during a webinar last week.
High numbers of merger and acquisition deals but lower volume in the senior housing and care industry is a trend that will continue in 2013, a panel of senior housing experts said during a webcast held in late February.
A new home care model being adopted in a handful of states is proving that home care saves dollars and helps families care for their loved ones.
It's been a long time coming, but in early February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the final rule for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
Last April, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued criminal background check guidance that has caused consternation among some senior living facility owners. What are the issues and how should companies handle the new guidance?
As doctors weigh whether to stay in their practices or become employed in a group practice or at a hospital, they're increasingly looking to alternative business models in order to remain - and thrive.
During the second month of 2013, the healthcare industry continued its long trend of adding jobs, gaining 32,000, according to the employment numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday morning.
In "The Exchange Strategy for Managing Conflict in Health Care: How to Defuse Emotions and Create Solutions When the Stakes Are High," authors Steven Dinkin, Barbara Filner and Lisa Maxwell share how healthcare professionals can foster a healthy workplace. Dinkin talked to Healthcare Finance News about the book.
The medical specialty societies participating in ABIM Foundation's Choosing Wisely have grown in number and have identified 90 more commonly-used tests and treatments that are not always necessary and may even cause harm, the foundation announced today.