Risk Management
The infection was resistant to all available 27 antimicrobial drugs, the CDC said.
Daniel Neides, a system doctor who published an anti-vaccine statement, will be disciplined, CEO says.
Health Affairs report suggests these hospitals discharged to skilled nursing facilities more effectively or did a better job at targeting at-risk patients.
Office for Civil Rights said the Presence suit marks the first HIPAA enforcement action imposed on a provider for lack of timely breach notification.
Company plans focus on products tied to driving health system growth, reducing care variation and optimizing the revenue cycle.
The punishments come in the third year of Medicare penalties for hospitals with patients most frequently suffering from potentially avoidable complications, including various types of infections, blood clots, bed sores and falls.
Industry experts say there is no crisis; top Republicans see a medical malpractice threatening U.S. health care.
A patient accessed the information from a library computer and, nearly a year later, posted it online.
Agency outlines ways manufacturers can protect against cyber attacks, but doesn't mention enforcement.
While the number of providers facing lower reimbursement fell - 257,000 docs were penalized in 2015 and 209,000 in 2016 - the size of the downward adjustment is larger than in years past.