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TriStar Health will be investing $500 million in construction projects due largely to growth in the Nashville area; systems in other states set to expand.
To combat the reluctance to discuss financial strain, physicians should take the lead in recognizing and "diagnosing" financial strain, the authors recommend.
Integrating flexible payment options into a revenue cycle requires needed change for a provider's bottom line.
Providers that earn CDC-certification for type 2 diabetes prevention can earn payments for treating patients that might not otherwise come in for screening.
One hospital lost $3.5 million in a single year dealing with rising infection rates among patients taking cocaine, OxyContin, Demerol, Percocet and other opioids.
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, which focused on just one type of operation, saved more than $1.3 million while freeing up beds for over two-dozen additional patients.
Researchers put the onus on hospitals, manufacturers and regulators to do a better job of reducing contamination and called for an end to manual cleaning processes.
Two pieces of research conducted separately by Medscape and HIMSS found inequities when it comes to pay, even as salaries continue to rise among physicians and health IT professionals.
Some of the funding will go toward opioid addiction treatment and prevention, New Hampshire Hospital Association says.
The system committed to allocate $2 million toward launching a collaborative task force on reducing firearm injuries and conducting research into the most effective tactics that it will make publicly available.