Quality and Safety
Eight children's hospitals across Ohio are finding that collaboration has improved overall care quality, and they are now spreading their findings to 25 other children's hospitals nationwide this year.
Thomson Reuters released its 19th-annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance.
Medicare plans on using resource use reports to tie physician reimbursement to quality and costs of care.
Last week was a real roller coaster ride for Tenet Healthcare. On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced it was fining the hospital network $42.75 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act; then on Thursday Tenet announced an agreement with HHS that would add $84 million to its coffers to correct Medicare underpayments.
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.
Known across the globe as an expert on and an advocate for palliative care, geriatrician Diane Meier is also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a $500,000 unrestricted grant given to individuals who show extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits.
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.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday that it has signed on 27 organizations as the first under its Shared Savings Program for accountable care organizations (ACO).
Research by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and healthcare data company MedAssurant shows that Medicare Advantage (MA) managed care plans can reduce 30-day hospital readmission rates by as much as 20 percent compared to traditional Medicare fee-for-service plans (FFS).