Community Benefit
According to the the U.S. News Media Group's annual survey, only 18 nursing homes in the nation - out of more than 15,000 - have received four straight quarters of perfect five-star ratings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced a $750 million investment in disease prevention and public health initiatives.
Two Erie, Pa.-based community health centers have been awarded $500,000 by the GE Foundation, the philanthropic organization of GE, to help increase access to quality healthcare.
CIGNA has signed agreements to establish onsite healthcare clinics on American air bases in Kandahar and Bagram, Afghanistan.
Private sector healthcare employment in the United States reached a high of 10.7 percent of total employment, according to a new report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Studying Health Spending.
In a recent post I suggested that President Barack Obama should abandon the individual mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. My theory is that the uncertainty surrounding the constitutionality of imposing a fine on Americans who fail to obtain health care coverage starting in 2014 is both a political and public policy risk that is simply not worth taking - especially since the penalty for failing to be insured is unlikely to achieve its public policy purpose.
The National Quality Forum has endorsed four potentially avoidable complication (PAC) measures created by the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute. According to HCI3, reduction of PACs can improve care and decrease healthcare costs.
Taking a cue from the FBI, the Health and Human Services Department has released an online list of its "Most Wanted" fugitives charged with committing healthcare fraud.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule that would require most Medicare-participating providers and suppliers to give Medicare beneficiaries written notice about their right to contact a Medicare Quality Improvement Organization with concerns about the quality of care they receive.
Spending on psychiatric drugs grew 5.6 percent from 2004 to 2005, down from the 27.3 percent growth from 1999 to 2000, according to a study in the February issue of Health Affairs.