Quality and Safety
Even though the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has taken steps to curtail fraud and abuse from Medicare suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS), it needs to do more says a recently released report from the Office of Inspector General.
The American Medical Association (AMA) last week released two new trend reports in its Policy Research Perspective series illustrating the high price doctors pay to protect themselves against malpractice suits.
Aided by a $9.6 million grant from the Robina Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital plans to launch a new approach to end-of-life care for patients with Alzheimer's disease, stage III and stage IV cancer and heart failure.
More than one in five Americans were in families with problems paying medical bills in 2010, about the same proportion as in 2007, according to a national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
Cigna and independent physicians organization Partners in Care, which operates in New Jersey, recently launched an accountable care organization that will treat more than 14,000 Cigna members at roughly 160 participating PIC practices.
A Kaiser Permanente program for women at risk of substance abuse during their pregnancy could save $2 billion each year if applied on a national basis, according to a new study published recently in the peer-reviewed journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a new demonstration project that will continue the push to keep patients with chronic conditions in their homes rather than place them in long-term care facilities.
Health insurer WellPoint announced this week that it will work with the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute to help provide clinical expertise as it develops healthcare capabilities for IBM's Watson.
Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon and Pennsylvania will take part in the National Governors Association's collaborative to address chronic disease prevention. Chronic disease is a major contributor to rising healthcare costs, accounting for 84 percent of U.S. healthcare spending.
With the cost of medically unnecessary care estimated to be in the billions of dollars, a new campaign is setting out to change the medical profession's and society's usage of healthcare.