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In its 2011 annual report on quality and safety released Wednesday, The Joint Commission named the 405 best performing hospitals in the United States.
The original intent of the Sustainable Growth Rate was noble, says a newly released white paper by MedeAnalytics, but the SGR problem has become infected and needs a cure.
During the health care debate, the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, Geisinger Health System and Intermountain Healthcare were repeatedly touted as models for a new health care delivery system.
The nation's uninsured population grew to 49.9 million people in 2010 according to US Census figures, an increase of more than 900,000 from 2009.
States overwhelmingly rely on managed care plans for their Medicaid beneficiaries but may not be prepared to scale up for the expected increase in enrollees under health reform.
In an interview with Richard Pizzi, editor of Healthcare Finance News, Jay Weiss, vice president at Symphony Corporation, offered readers insight into trends in healthcare human resources management over the course of the next year. His firm, based in Madison, Wis., specializes in healthcare management technology and services, with a heavy emphasis in human capital management solutions.
CT scans in the emergency room have gone up dramatically in recent years. A new study links the increase in CT scans to fewer hospital admissions.
Citing an anticipated infusion of $17 million from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services aimed at helping rural hospitals, the Service Employees International Union has called on Baystate Health to back off plans to eliminate 354 jobs.
In a drive to become more consumer-friendly, healthcare providers are starting to focus their empathy on an area that has been problematic for years – patient bills that are difficult to understand. Not only do hard-to-read statements frustrate patients, they are depriving healthcare organizations from collecting revenues that are legitimately theirs, financial experts say.
Susan Reese is chief executive nurse at Kronos, a Chelmsford, Mass.-based workforce management solutions and services vendor. She spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News editor Richard Pizzi about the changing relationship between the hospital business office and a hospital’s nursing leadership.