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Leadership & Management

While nurses can't completely control patient flow, there are several things they can do to improve bed availability and reduce length of stay, according to a blog post from TeleTracking Technologies.

In the second quarter of the government's fiscal year, Medicare recovery auditors collected $665 million in overpayments from hospitals and other providers, according to CMS.

PDI has announced it will release its financial results for the first quarter of 2014 at the close of the markets on May 7 and will host a conference call on May 8.

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In 2013, total revenue, operating income and total profit were all up at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, based in Manhattan.

Physicians clearly recognize the problem of unnecessary care in the U.S. health system, and 87 percent say they always or almost always talk to their patients about avoiding an unnecessary test or procedure when their patients ask for one.

Regent Surgical Health’s Jeffrey Simmons and Tom Mallon will present a session called “Building a Physician/Hospital ASC Joint Venture that Lasts” at Becker’s Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting.  This event is essentially sold out-register today!

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