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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the first time has released data highlighting the racial and ethnic disparities in patient experience and clinical care measures for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic of North Carolina will pay $750,000 to settle charges that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Privacy Rule.
Nearly half of the nation's academic medical centers are being punished through one of the federal government's sternest attempts to promote patient safety.
Bowing to pressure from the hospital industry and Congress, the Obama administration on Wednesday delayed releasing its new hospital quality rating measure just a day before its planned launch.
Five of the eight largest healthcare security breaches that occurred since the beginning of 2010 - those with more than 1 million records reportedly compromised - took place during the first six months of 2015, according to IBM X-Force's "2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index."
Sixty percent of healthcare IT security executives are increasing spending for better data protection, according to a recent study. Another 46 percent plan to implement data security tools to catch up with industry best practices.
Revenue cycle management has gone from being a "back office" function to an "end-to-end" system that begins at patient intake or even before, claims specialists say. Advanced technologies, in tandem with improved workflows and better data have resulted in RCM systems that encompass the entire healthcare enterprise.
New research released by The Maine Heritage Policy Center has found significant variations in costs for certain procedures among Maine hospitals sometimes representing thousands of dollars, or in a handful of cases, five times the amount.
Seventy-three nonprofit hospitals and medical organizations nationwide will share in a $3.2 million grant by Southwest Airlines that funds roundtrip air travel for specialized medical care to families who need it.
A spokesman confirmed Nevada and Virginia would be among the states where it will retain a presence. In the past week, UnitedHealthcare said it would leave Georgia, Michigan, and Arkansas.