Quality and Safety
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).
A remote patient monitoring and care management program implemented by Geisinger Health Plan using technology provided by AMC Health has shown a 44 percent reduction in hospital readmissions, the company announced recently.
Helen Darling has dedicated her career to promoting healthcare quality and helping businesses be smarter about healthcare.
Watchers of a February broadcast of “60 Minutes” may have been stunned to learn that studies have been conducted that seem to prove that antidepressants, on the whole, are no more effective than placebo.