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A larger number of hospitals are showing improvements in their quality of care said the Joint Commission in its annual report on quality and safety of hospitals.

As hospitals work to figure out how to reduce unplanned 30-day readmissions, a new analysis examines what some hospitals are doing.

If we are to reduce health disparities in the U.S., we will have to do a better job of primary prevention. Investments in certain "social determinants of health" represent an underappreciated approach to this problem.

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine examined factors what factors may or may not affect hospital CEO compensation.

A new study suggests that hospitals with higher nurse staffing levels may have lower odds of being penalized for readmissions.

Due to its substantial impact on a hospital’s bottom line, Tony Stajduhar, president of the Permanent Physician Recruitment Division at recruitment firm Jackson & Coker, believes physician recruitment should always be a top-five concern for hospital administrators -- something that he says is not always the case.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule on Medicaid payments to disproportionate share hospitals last week, cutting approximately $1.1 billion from the program over the next two fiscal years.

Large and small providers and payers enlist a variety of strategies to develop accountable care organizations and other value-based models.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $67 million in Affordable Care Act funds to support community health centers, including $19 million to establish 32 new healthcare delivery sites.

Hospitals that utilize mobile health vans will tell anyone that bringing needed services to people in underserved areas improves population health, but with accountability and cost effectiveness increasingly important, there is a need to understand the potential financial return on this kind of service.