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The American Medical Association is calling on the business community to help fight administrative waste in healthcare. A root cause of the $200 billion-a-year problem, says AMA President Cecil B. Wilson, MD, is lack of standardization.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General wants the federal government to look more closely at the use of Medicare Part D rebates, according to a new report.
Less than six weeks after announcing plans to explore a merger, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare and Tufts Health Plan announced they will not pursue the idea any further.
The Quality Institute of the Ohio Hospital Association and the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio have launched the Northwest Ohio Hospital Quality Collaborative, designed to bring together hospital administrators, physicians and other clinicians to share best practices to improve patient safety and outcomes.
Loyola University Chicago and Trinity Health of Novi, Mich., have announced plans to consolidate Trinity and the university’s wholly-owned subsidiary, the Loyola University Health System.
More than $1.3 billion in tobacco settlement funds have been diverted over the past six years from Pennsylvania's adultBasic health insurance program and other health programs to other uses, said state Auditor General Jack Wagner.
The National Quality Forum has endorsed 21 measures to be used in caring for long-term residents and short-term patients at nursing homes. These measures will be used in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Nursing Home Compare, an online database used by consumers to compare more than 17,000 nursing homes nationwide.
Cardinal Health has joined the Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership, a program in which the EPA and industry leaders work together to reduce greenhouse gases and air pollution.
The Joint Commission is considering a new primary care home designation as an add-on to its ambulatory care accreditation program and is soliciting input on the additional requirements.
A new survey from Intuit Health, the developer of patient portal and communication technology, finds two major trends when it comes to Americans and their healthcare: They're worried about their medical bills, and they expect their physicians to be easily accessible online.