Quality and Safety

After serving in Vietnam, David Greer, MD, returned to his hometown of Henrietta, Texas, 100 miles northwest of Fort Worth, and opened a small solo family practice.

Those keeping watch over the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program say the audits haven’t been as bad as was originally feared.

What a year it has been for the Accountable Care Act. In commemoration of the law's first birthday on March 23, here's a glimpse of the year in quotes.

Hospitals are falling short of the Joint Commission's language access requirements for patients with limited English, according to a new report.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of physicians are scammed by their own patients every year.

Accountable care organizations may be the future of the healthcare delivery system, but disagreement exists about the economic impact on providers.

In 2002, New Mexico made it legal to allow certain psychologists who completed specific training to prescribe psychiatric medicines.

The Department of Labor has released a competency model for the long-term care industry that officials hope will solve long-standing issues of low wages and a high staff turnover rate.

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced a new program, developed under the Affordable Care Act, that's aimed at eliminating medical errors and reducing healthcare costs on a national scale.

Community Health Systems officials say a lawsuit filed by Tenet Healthcare that claims CHS overbilled Medicare by $280 billion from 2006-2009 is 'baseless' and shows Tenet is engaged in a 'scorched earth' defense of CHS' hostile takeover bid launched in early December.