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Defining Best Practices to Identify and Reduce Readmission Triggers

Here's the latest reason to be depressed about the state of U.S. healthcare. It appears that the highly qualified Donald Berwick, MD, will not be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Jackson Health could run out of cash by July

Experts say facilities could lose negotiating power

Roughly $48 billion of Medicare’s $507 billion budget in 2010 went to fraudulent or improper payments, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

Family planning cuts threaten women’s healthcare

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General has issued a report indicating more than 90 percent of nursing facilities in the nation has employed at least one person with one criminal conviction.

In a speech to the Nashville Health Care Council, Marilyn Tavenner, principal deputy administrator and COO of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, highlighted programs that provide a "bridge" to full implementation of healthcare reform in 2014.

St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Conn., plans to form a joint venture with the LHP Hospital Group, a Texas-based provider of capital and expertise to nonprofit hospitals and hospital systems.

Opponents say serious cuts may be shortsighted solution