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Patient satisfaction with hospital emergency departments is strongest in Miami, Hartford, Conn., and Indianapolis found healthcare consulting firm Press Ganey Associates in its annual ED patient satisfaction survey.
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.
A Los Angeles-based IT entrepreneur wants to pare down the expensive EMR to its simplest charting functions, add a few solutions and offer it to non-profits looking to provide healthcare to disadvantaged populations around the world.
Primary care doctors are continuing to ramp up the pressure on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services over how Medicare's physician payment rates are set. The latest volley is a suit filed by a group of primary care physicians from Georgia claiming CMS and HHS are violating federal laws by relying on the RUC.
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.
Healthcare reform means moving from a provider-centric to a patient-centric model of care, said Jamie Orlikoff, president of the Chicago-based consulting firm Orlikoff & Associates, to an audience at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) conference in Boston on Tuesday.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced that the five-year Physician Group Practice Demonstration project has resulted in quality improvements and Medicare savings and resulted in $110 million in incentive payments.
The United States economy experienced very slight job growth in July. Hiring in the healthcare sector continued to trend upward with the industry adding 31,300 positions.
Medicare exchange operator Extend Health and global benefits consulting firm Mercer have announced a referral agreement aimed at helping employers design and manage the costs for benefits provided to Medicare-eligible retirees.