Patient Engagement
With a backlog of patients, home health services are limited by their ability to attract and recruit quality staff.
Law has brought coverage to tens of thousands of previously uninsured shooting victims, often young African-American men, who missed follow-up care.
Every older adult admitted to a hospital as an inpatient has the right to challenge a discharge if he or she feels unprepared to leave.
A number of other women's health benefits are at risk, including guaranteed coverage of maternity services on the individual insurance market.
Heater-cooler device linked to sometimes deadly bacterial infection; FDA under scrutiny for handling of information tied to safety.
Texas Health Resources captures each step of the patient encounter, from the physician's electronic order to payers' insurance verification.
Only 2.5 percent of psychiatric patients seen at transitional care clinic return to ER within three months.
Decline in dementia rates translates to about one million fewer Americans suffering from the condition, expert says.
Many federal and state laws already mandate up-to-date provider directories.
Over one million people selected plans between Nov. 1, when open enrollment began, to Nov. 12, CMS said.