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Following a data breach that compromised the medical information of hundreds of thousands of patients, Athens Orthopedic Clinic says they cannot pay for credit monitoring for those affected.
The healthcare providers plan to open several more centers in the urban market by early 2017.
Personal information of more than 650,000 Bon Secours patients - including names, insurance identification numbers, banking information, social security numbers and some clinical data - was left exposed on the internet for four days this spring by a business associate of the hospital system.
By itself, the higher-value care intervention doesn't live up to its cost reduction potential, due mostly to inadequate funding, researchers say.
Eighty-five percent of hospitals required to participate in the new Medicare cardiac bundled payment models will not experience gains or losses that exceed $500,000 per year, based on their current spending patterns, according to a new study by Avalere.
As the number of states allowing medical marijuana grows -- the total has reached 25 plus the District of Columbia -- some are working to address this knowledge gap with physician training programs.
Rural healthcare is receiving a $16 million boost for telehealth and quality improvement activities from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources & Services Administration, it was announced Thursday.
A new Government Accountability Office report to the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee claims that federal rules may hinder states from applying to waive sections of the Affordable Care Act to make marketplace health insurance provisions more innovative.
The Minnesota Hospital Association released a study Friday that shows significant shortcomings in patients getting appropriate care for mental health issues in their hospitals.
Quorum attributed its $245 million loss to nearly $220 million in charges tied to the spin-off from Community Health Systems.