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According to the New England Journal of Medicine, physicians should play a leading role in achieving healthcare reform by helping achieve a guaranteed 1.5 percent annual savings in healthcare costs that would pay for covering all Americans.
New Jersey hospitals could lose $97 million in federal funds next year and more than $500 million over the next five years under new Medicare payment rules proposed to take effect in October, according to an analysis by the New Jersey Hospital Association.
The Ohio Children’s Hospital Association and its six member hospitals have released the results of a collaboration to improve quality in children’s hospitals.
Hospitals that provide more intensive and costly care do not provide better-quality care, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
Methodist Health System is in the midst of a series of aggressive expansion projects – including construction of a $60 million, 32-bed orthopedic hospital in Addison, Texas – that may appear stunning to an industry that has had to scale back capital projects in the face of recession.
An estimated 43.8 million Americans had no health insurance in 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is making several proposals to refine Medicare payments to physicians under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which is expected to increase payment rates for primary care services.
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore opened a green building expansion last week that incorporates recycled content and low volatile organic compounds in building finishes and furnishings, as well as enhanced ergonomics for the patient care staff.
Aurora Health Care, based in Milwaukee, Wis., plans to eliminate approximately 90 jobs and will not fill 220 vacant positions.