In an interview in the Journal of the American Medical Association, CMS Administrator Don Berwick, MD, comments support for healthcare reform, the key ingredients for healthcare integration and the need for new payment systems.
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NYU Langone Medical Center has leased space to establish a women’s medical center on New York City’s Upper East Side, according to a Commercial Observer report.
Non-profit Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wisc., is taking an innovative approach in its five-year strategic planning efforts. Community members are becoming highly involved in the process, bringing planning out of the boardroom and back into the community.
Employers are increasingly willing narrow their networks of hospitals and physicians in return for lower premiums, according to report by American Medical News.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has announced $320 million in grants to expand the primary care workforce, according to an HHS news release.
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John Gardner, CEO of Yuma (Colo.) District Hospital and secretary and treasurer of the Colorado Hospital Association Board of Trustees, responded to Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter's plan to opt out of a rule requiring physician supervision of anesthesia services in…
The relationship between an anesthesiologist and a surgeon can be fractious, especially when the two providers disagree about a patient safety issue or butt heads over scheduling. As data management systems become more commonplace in hospitals and surgery centers, anesthesiologists…
Somnia Anesthesia Services has issued a white paper entitled "Anesthesia Staffing Models That Drive Value and Improve Quality: How the Right Model Delivers Efficiencies, Revenue and Clinical Quality Excellence."
Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., says the challenge of aligning anesthesiologists with the financial interests of an ASC can be overcome by giving the anesthesiologists a financial investment in the center.
Here are the top 12 "action items" salaried anesthesiologists would like to improve in their practice environment, based on whether the anesthesiologists are salaried employees or owners/partners, according to the Locum Tenens 2010 Anesthesiology Salary Survey Report.