Quality and Safety
The Physician Payments Sunshine provisions of the Affordable Care Act require all U.S. drug and medical device manufacturers covered under Medicare, Medicaid or SCHIP to disclose payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. T
When Joan Ching decided to take a position at Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle, people told her that it would be a bad career move.
Policy solutions have the potential to create a better system of care for geriatric patients.
If the states not expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act stay with their decision, those state governments will collectively spend $1 billion more on uncompensated care in 2016 than they would have had they expanded Medicaid, says a recent RAND Corporation study.
The adage of everything old becomes new again is proving true. Physician house calls are making a comeback and disrupting today's healthcare system.
Being located in the popular tourist destination of Charleston, S.C., Frederick Schaffer, MD, knows firsthand that it is never easy working with patients vacationing from out of town. He shared with Healthcare Finance News five tips for doctors working with summer vacationers.
Driven in no small part by the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare industry needs a solution that coordinates and unifies providers and payers across the entire care continuum. At least one clear answer to that challenge has emerged: Medicaid Health Homes.
From the financial pangs at the pointy ends of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to the frustrations and economic hardships courtesy of health information technology (HIT), a new physician outlook survey reveals the top challenges and concerns of physicians today.
One would think, given the title of the CMS press release, "Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations succeed in improving care, lowering costs," that the first year of the advanced ACO program was an across-the-board roaring success. But upon closer examination, the report card would appear to be rather checkered.
Tenet Healthcare's acquisition of Vanguard Health Systems could be bad news for some not-for-profit hospitals, particularly smaller ones, because it increases competition.