Stephanie Bouchard
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office are developing a demonstration project to address the costly problem of frequent preventable inpatient hospitalizations of nursing facility patients.
The specter of copayments is one of the biggest issues facing the home healthcare industry today, said a panel Thursday.
Nine emergency department health providers have created a consensus statement that lays out metrics to help reduce ED crowding.
A home care advocacy organization says the Office of Inspector General's recent report about the unnecessary provision of powered wheelchairs to Medicare beneficiaries is misleading and that the real problem is a flawed documentation process.
Hospitals experience drug shortages on a daily basis, which often lead to delayed patient treatment and increased drug costs, according to a new report released yesterday by the American Hospital Association (AHA).
A proposed revision of the "advice" exemption of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) of 1959 will restrict access to legal counsel and forwards an organized labor agenda, opponents say.
Although CMS made changes to the billing of concurrent therapy and higher levels of therapy at skilled nursing facilities, Medicare payment rates increased by $2.1 billion between the last six months of 2010 to the first half of 2011, said a report from OIG.
The University of California at Los Angeles Health System (UCLAHS) is settling potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules for $865,500 said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights.
Satisfied and engaged employees are essential if healthcare human resources departments are to hit the goal of improving patient satisfaction and safety, said an industry panel during a webinar Thursday reflecting on a newly released survey of healthcare HR professionals.
Hospitals employed more than 5.4 million people in 2009 and contributed more than 2.2 trillion dollars to economic activity says a new report released by the American Hospital Association.