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A new report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) comes as a warning to Medicaid providers who don't keep careful watch over their books.
The earlier hospitals begin to plan and strategize for how they will handle the healthcare environment once health insurance exchanges are operational, the better, said Purva Rawal, senior manager of health reform at Avalere Health, during a webinar Thursday.
On Tuesday, representatives from the Montefiore Medical Center in New York and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) discussed how regional collaborations can improve quality and reduce costs during a webinar sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Health Care Innovations Exchange.
FORTUNE magazine released its annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. This year, 12 companies in the healthcare industry made the list and a few of them shared some insights with Healthcare Finance News on why employees enjoy working for them.
A recent study published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality found that improvement is needed when it comes to the participation levels of newly-registered nurses in hospital quality improvement levels.
A study published in a recent issue of Medical Care found that increased nurse-to-patient staffing ratios and good work environments for nurses were tied to lower 30-day readmission rates for Medicare patients suffering from heart failure, myocardial infarction and pneumonia.
Last week the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will not challenge a proposal by the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) to offer a gainsharing program to its member hospitals in the state.
HHS issued modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules late Thursday. The four-part final rule is designed to enhance patients' privacy rights and increase HHS' ability to enforce security protections.
In a recent report released by the Leapfrog Group and published in Health Affairs, researchers found that there hasn't been a lot of progress over the years when it comes to hospitals meeting certain safety standards.
On January 8, 2013, the Obama Administration published its latest semiannual regulatory agenda, outlining planned regulatory initiatives in a number of policy areas.