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A new survey from Anthelio finds that a majority of community hospitals report having low operating margins due to rising healthcare costs and lower Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement. Nonetheless, most hospitals surveyed are still working to put in place an array of health IT.
Americans are fed up with big government and want to downsize. That's been the gist of news headlines for some time now. However, a new poll by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Harvard School of Public Health puts the kibosh on that popular notion.
When Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., implemented a new workforce management tool for its nursing units, the health system uncovered a hidden world of "haves" and "have-nots."
The healthcare employment engine rolls on. The industry continued to add jobs in October, increasing employment by 11,600 positions.
A new study from Rand Corp. of the PROMETHEUS Payment project shows that bundling payments to providers as a means to cut healthcare costs is proving harder to accomplish than originally anticipated.
Bundling payments to providers as a means to cut healthcare costs is proving harder to do than originally anticipated, according to a new study from non-profit research organization Rand Corp.
Representatives of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are estimating the SNF sector will potentially lay off 20,000 employees, will forgo the creation of 20,000 new jobs and will alter employee benefits as a result of the Medicare payment cuts that took effect on Oct. 1.
Absences account for 35 percent of every organization's annual payroll budget, said Colleen Daigle to an audience at the KronosWorks2011 conference in Orlando on Monday.
HMS Holdings Corp. announced Monday that it will acquire HealthDataInsights, the Medicare recovery audit contractor for Region D, for approximately $400 million.
HMS Holdings Corp. announced Monday it will acquire privately held HealthDataInsights, which identifies and recoups improper payments for health plans and government payers, for approximately $400 million.