Quality and Safety
Two-thirds of U.S. hospitals will receive payment reductions tied to Medicare readmission penalties to see that improving the level of care will be the foundation for building operational sustainability in the future.
Cancer care delivery is a system in crisis, with escalating costs, an increasingly aging population and complex treatments for a difficult disease stretching healthcare resources, according to a new Institute of Medicine report.
The efforts of a number of hospitals across the country to improve the health of their patient populations by promoting healthy foods are a benefit to the hospitals themselves and their communities.
Whether misdiagnosis results in patient harm, wasted resources or malpractice lawsuits, it is a major concern for hospitals.
In the last of a trio of surveys exploring attitudes toward the bundled care model, payers and employers indicated that they are not sold on it.
As the Affordable Care Act continues to move full speed ahead, providers across the country are preparing for what is estimated to be upwards of 35 million newly insured consumers who could ultimately enter the healthcare system.
Is it realistic to expect Accountable Care Organizations to achieve their cost-reduction targets in the first year of their programs? The experience of the original 32 Pioneer ACOs is suggestive.
A Michigan pilot to bring primary care to the home for patients living with advanced chronic illness will now spread across the state. Priority Health, a Michigan-based nonprofit health plan, tested the concept last year with Spectrum Health Medical Group for 90 of its patients.
While ACOs are touted as a way to help fix an inefficient payment system that rewards more, not better, care, some economists warn they could lead to greater consolidation in the healthcare industry. Here are some answers to common questions about them.
Affinity Health Plan, Inc. recently reached a $1.2 million settlement with the HHS Office for Civil Rights related to potential violations of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).