Outlier hospitals in Massachusetts appear to be avoiding performing a particular type of coronary catheterization on high-risk patients in a successful effort to reduce their publicly reported mortality rates, a study published in the June is... Continue reading
The American Medical Association Tuesday voted to define obesity as a disease, making it a medical condition requiring treatment that should be covered by insurance.read more Continue reading
Healthcare professionals are the third most satisfied with all aspects of their jobs, following behind engineering and finance employees, according to new survey results from Monster.com.read more Continue reading
Don Berwick, M.D., former administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, charged healthcare financial leaders with navigating change to achieve a "triple aim" healthcare system that offers better care, better health and better costs, during a keynote address today at Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual ANI conference.
Continue readingDon Berwick, M.D., former administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, charged healthcare financial leaders with navigating change to achieve a "triple aim" healthcare system that offers better care, better health and better costs, during a keynote address today at Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual ANI conference.
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Hospitals with significant physician-training programs are poised to take a major hit from new payment models that penalize hospitals for readmissions, a new study suggests.read more Continue reading
Hospitals with significant physician-training programs are poised to take a major hit from new payment models that penalize hospitals for readmissions, a new study suggests.read more Continue reading
Overall hospital prices remained unchanged in May and increased 1.8 percent from May 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Indices.
Continue readingOverall hospital prices remained unchanged in May and increased 1.8 percent from May 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Indices.
Continue readingIf money talks in the world of executive compensation, then nonprofit hospitals aren't putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to rewarding healthcare transformation over volume, according to a new report by Kaiser Health News and ABC News.
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What does the future of medical education look like? These 5 medical schools offer some clues.
What does the future of medical education look like? These 5 medical schools offer some clues
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