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According to a HealthLeaders Media report released last week, nearly half (46 percent) of healthcare leaders around the country have emergency departments that are overcrowded. Furthermore, 51 percent of those respondents also said that they are very concerned that the overcrowding issue will jeopardize patient safety.
As the number of home health agencies and fraud cases related to home health agencies continues to skyrocket, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is exerting more pressure on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to fulfill an obligation that is 15 years old.
Jeffrey Selwyn, an internist at New Pueblo Medicine in Tucson, Ariz., is 65, but he says he's nowhere near retiring. Unlike many docs his age who are throwing in the towel due to the increased pressures on physicians to use EHRs, Selwyn is excited. He wasn't always a fan, however.
As the healthcare industry continues to move in the direction of using compensation incentives, a new analysis reveals that incentives as currently used are not an effective motivator for healthcare professionals and waste an estimated $20 billion in resources.
With a changing medical model that is moving from treating the sick to helping people stay fit, wellness centers have become a component of the real estate strategies for some health systems, hospital executives told an audience of healthcare real estate professionals at BOMA International's Medical Office Building conference in Atlanta May 3.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is calling for public comment on proposals for rules of the road to govern the nationwide health information network (NwHIN).
As economic pressures continue to increase and the ability to efficiently manage costs is emphasized, organizations are looking wherever they can for financial relief. That's why it's no surprise many are turning to group purchasing organizations for smaller administrative fees, more transparent transactions and a general partner in healthcare reform.
In an effort to lower the number of out-of-network referrals for outpatient surgical procedures, Aetna has launched a program that will actively alert both members and their doctors if they are leaving the insurer's network for care and work to shift the referral to an in-network provider.
A new national program from Aetna that seeks to lower the number of out-of-network referrals for outpatient surgical procedures will actively alert both members and their doctors if they are leaving the insurer's network for care and work to shift the referral to an in-network provider.
With incidents of data breaches on the rise in recent years, cyber insurance is growing in popularity as a way of mitigating risk.