Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., is planning a new children's specialty center in Brunswick, Ga., according to a Florida Times-Union report.
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New York City hospitals have accepted patients from NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City following the hospital's evacuation due to flooding from Hurricane Sandy, according to an NBC News report.
Baptist Health System and Methodist Healthcare System, both based in San Antonio, are seeing increased patient demand following San Antonio-based CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System's closure of adult emergency services at its downtown hospital, according to a San Antonio Business…
The Floating Hospital in Long Island City, N.Y., has opened its new Community Health Center at the Queensbridge Houses, a public housing development in Long Island City, according to a Gazette report.
Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Va., announced the opening of two new services at its campus: the Inova Discharge Planning Clinic and the Inova Juniper Program.
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CMS is currently testing programs of alternative models for payment, including gainsharing around bundled payments for episodes of care and accountable care organizations. Testing of these initiatives is meant to incentivize care redesign, engage and protect beneficiaries and diffuse best…
Traditionally, hospitals have thought as payors as competitors, or the enemy, says John Halamka, MD, senior vice president of information systems and CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. With mounting pressure from healthcare reform to coordinate patients'…
The American College of Emergency Physicians' Delivery System Task Force released a report exploring the role of emergency medicine in future healthcare delivery systems.
Walgreens has launched a care transitions and medication management program intended to help hospitals reduce preventable readmissions.
AMA, 100+ Medical Societies List Transition Principles to Achieve a High-Performing Medicare Program
The American Medical Association and more than 100 state and specialty medical societies today sent a letter to Congress outlining the principles and core elements the groups believe are needed to successfully transition to a high-performing Medicare program.