Quality and Safety
Quality caregivers can dictate whether a patient has a good or bad experience at your hospital, which drives down costs.
A New York hospital volunteer team is heading to Puerto Rico to treat patients while Sutter Health donates to wildfire relief after closing hospital.
The real dollars that are at stake are based on the radiology report, and what clinicians do with that information.
More than 200 patients have been evacuated, medical facilities are closed down as community EDs brace for a rush.
Researchers say interventions collectively prevented one inappropriate prescription for every eight patients seen.
Overall, 73 percent of Medicare Advantage-PDP enrollees are in plans that have four stars or greater in 2018, CMS says.
For 2018, CMS updated its measures in adjusting three Part C measures for Medicare Advantage only and MA-prescription drug plans.
According to a new study, the national goal of 80 percent of nurses with these degrees by 2020 probably won't happen.
Hospital Compare initiative has become a "problem child" for CMS, but discussion over methods shouldn't be allowed to stall program repeatedly, expert says.
Increased poverty in the suburbs has led to emergency departments in those areas becoming the primary source of care for poor and uninsured, Health Affairs study says.