The American Hospital Association is urging CMS to include additional patient characteristics — including race and limited English proficiency — to the risk-adjustment methodology for its hospital readmission program, according to a letter written to the agency.
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Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, N.H., received a certificate of need to renovate the main hospital facility, according to a hospital news release.
Federal prosecutors have declined to intervene in the portion of a qui tam lawsuit that names specific Tennessee hospitals as participants in falsifying medical reports made by a physician, according to a Jackson Sun report. The suit was filed by…
Voters in California's Mountain Community Medical Services District have supported a parcel tax used to fund Trinity Hospital in Weaverville, Calif., according to a Record Searchlight report.
Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group and Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens have partnered to launch a program that will coordinate clinical interventions by pharmacists and share information from the interventions with NMPG primary care providers, according to a Walgreens news release.
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California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, an affiliate of Sutter Health, has slammed San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, saying his office asked the hospital to contribute $108 million for community improvements as part of gaining approval for the hospital…
A federal judge has denied a request from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to dismiss a suit filed by federal and state governments, alleging the payor’s use of certain hospital contracts stifles competition, according to a Detroit News report.…
In efforts to improve the quality of nighttime or weekend healthcare, hospitals are increasingly hiring "nocturnists," experienced physicians who work overnight and provide patient care outside the emergency department, according to a Washington Post news report.
Renovating currently occupied hospitals and healthcare facilities can be challenging as construction activities may distrupt the optimal functioning of an organization. However, following the following five best practices can help hospitals and their contractors to minimize disruptions for patients, physicians…
Johnston Memorial Hospital, based in Abingdon, Va., will unveil a new 350,000-square foot replacement facility July, according to a Bristol Herald Courier report.