Mercy Memorial Hospital in Urbana, Ohio, announced a partnership with Emergency Medicine Physicians in Canton, Ohio, beginning May 21, according to an Urbana Daily Citizen report.
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By 2009, inpatient admissions from the emergency department accounted for approximately half of all hospital admissions excluding live births, according to a Rand Corp. research report, "The Evolving Role of Emergency Departments in the United States."
CMS has announced an open period for more applications from hospitals to take part in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative's Model 1.
The Joint Commission released a statement clarifying its revisions to leadership standard LD.04.03.11, or the "patient flow standard," which includes a recommendation of a four-hour timeframe for boarding in the note at element of performance 6, effective Jan. 1, 2014.
Managing patients with chronic diseases has been a big focus for many accountable care organizations, since those patients traditionally use healthcare facilities more often than patients with no chronic disease.
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Peoria, Ill.-based OSF Healthcare System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois are forming an accountable care organization, according to a Peoria Journal Star report.
Seventy-seven percent of quality management leaders and chief medical officers report that the most popular target for implementation of value-based payment models is employee group plans, according to "Health Plan Readiness to Operationalize Value-Based Payment Models," a research study sponsored…
In an effort to broaden availability of healthcare insurance coverage and to control spiraling premiums and underlying costs, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010. While the law's ability to address these issues has been called…
Prairie du Chien (Wis.) Memorial Hospital is scheduled to begin construction on June 10 on a new facility, according to a WXOW report.
Florida Hospital Kissimmee announced it will break ground on a $6.6 million emergency department expansion May 15, according to an Orlando Business Journal report.