Community Benefit
Through its Hospital Charitable Service Awards program, Jackson Healthcare has created an eBook for hospital executives interested in improving their organization's community benefit and charitable service reporting.
The VA had published a proposed rule in March to eliminate the co-pays, then added a direct final rule that would expedite the process if the proposed rule received no "significant" opposition. With the comment period ending on April 5, the rule could go into effect as early as May 7.
To improve America's lackluster performance on health outcomes compared with its peer nations and to maintain its international competitiveness, the United States needs to invest more in its public health system and spend public health dollars more efficiently, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
The Premier healthcare alliance has created a new efficiency dashboard that identifies 15 separate categories where there could likely be savings opportunities for hospitals, as announced by the company during a media call.
A proposed rule that would establish a unique health plan identifier under HIPAA and would implement several administrative simplification provisions of the Affordable Care Act was announced Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
In its first full year of contracting with Teladoc for telehealth services, Rent-A-Center reported savings of more than $700,000 in healthcare expenses and lost productivity.
One of the healthiest states in the nation, North Dakota is also known for providing high-quality healthcare at a low cost, according to the Executive Director of North Dakota Medical Association Courtney Koebele. Healthcare Finance News Associate Editor Kelsey Brimmer spoke to Koebele recently about some of the biggest healthcare issues in North Dakota.
Charitable hospitals and health systems have the opportunity to create comprehensive, long-term strategies and procedures to help improve their communities’ healthcare needs, all the while retaining their tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service.
According to a recent Vanderbilt University Medical Center study, hospitals that spend more on emergency care tend to have better patient outcomes, including fewer deaths.
Maine is gearing up for a statewide survey of doctors that will measure patients' experience of care and provide the state and its healthcare industry with important metrics.