Community Benefit
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has identified 356 suppliers that have received 1,217 contracts from Medicare to provide medical equipment and supplies to beneficiaries in nine communities across the United States.
More than 100 hospital programs have been nominated for the 2010 Hospital Charitable Service Awards, an inaugural national program sponsored by Jackson Healthcare.
L.A. Care Health Plan has launched a two-year pilot program designed to transform 11 healthcare practices into patient centered medical homes.
The Cardinal Health Foundation of Dublin, Ohio, has announced a call for entries for its E3 Grant Program, offering more than $1 million in grant funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community Health clinics improve the efficiency and quality of care.
The Johns Hopkins Health System is acquiring Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., a move designed to boost the Baltimore-based health system's exposure in the nation's capital and give Sibley some much-needed resources and financial stability.
A stubborn recession continues to put economic pressures on hospitals, governments and the public and they coalesce on the topic of how charity care affects tax exemptions.
OTCNetwork debuts prepaid cards for MA plans for purchase of over-the-counter medications.
The Integrated Healthcare Association, which promotes quality improvement, accountability and affordability of healthcare in California, has named its top 45 performing physician organizations for 2009, based on the IHA’s statewide Pay for Performance program measures.
Healthcare organizations are using locum tenens physicians when they need to maintain services/revenue while permanent candidates are sought, according to a recent National Association of Community Health Centers Web seminar.
Peter Christensen Health Center, part of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in north-central Wisconsin, has seen a 35 percent jump in revenue over five years, thanks in part to its EHR and billing system.