Citing wide variation in Medicare payments for common inpatient surgeries, researchers suggest that Medicare and other payors could find savings by combining reimbursements into bundled payments, according to a news release from Health Affairs.
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An analysis of the PROMETHEUS Payment project suggests that bundling payments may be difficult to put into practice, according to a Health Affairs news release.
UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., plans to lay off four registered nurses that serve as lactation consultants in December, according to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report.
The University of Michigan Health System, based in Ann Arbor, has struck a new three-year contract with members of the U-M Professional Nurse Council/Michigan Nurses Association.
Hutcheson Medical Center in Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., has taken on a new name — Erlanger at Hutcheson — in an effort to rebrand the hospital, according to a Times Free Press report.
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Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center has submitted a letter of opposition to a proposed hospital operated by Tenet Florida and Scripps Research Institute in Palm Beach Gardens, according to a Treasure Coast Palm report. JMC submitted the letter to the Florida…
The spiraling costs of healthcare have pushed the entire system to the brink. To make matters worse, healthcare quality in the United States lags behind other developed economies. This has precipitated a backlash demanding both better care and lower cost.…
Members of North Carolina's House Select Committee on Certificate of Need and Hospital-Related Issues plan to review the state's certificate of need laws later this year, following a call by N.C. Speaker of the House Thom Tillis in August for…
Hospital employment reached 4,778,100 in October, up 3,300 workers from 4,774,800 in September, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2011 has not been a quiet year for healthcare. During the last 12 months, a number of provisions within the healthcare reform law went into effect, and proposed rules and guidance for several innovative programs created by the law were…