Mayo Clinic Health System has announced the start of construction on a new facility on its campus in Cannon Falls, Minn.
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If the United States tinkered with Medicare more, reformed tax policies, prioritized healthcare quality and incented states to improve care, the healthcare system could save roughly $560 billion over the next decade, according to a report from the Bipartisan Policy…
An Internet-based preapproval antimicrobial stewardship program can effectively reduce both the number of doses and the subsequent costs of restricted antimicrobials, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Bipartisan deficit hawks Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson have released a gentler federal budget proposal than their earlier attempts, this time including $585 billion in healthcare spending over 10 years and cutting spending through raising the Medicare eligibility age to…
Substantial progress has been made in the U.S. in reducing the occurrence of central line-associated bloodstream infections in critical care neonatal patients over the past two decades, though there is work to be done in some teaching hospitals, according to…
AHA President and CEO Richard J. Umbdenstock has called on HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to revise a March 13 limiting hospitals' ability to rebill Part A claims denied by Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors.
Gary R. Colberg, FACHE, has served as president and CEO of Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Health System since March 2001. He has more than 35 years of healthcare leadership experience under his belt.
Johnson County Meals on Wheels in Olathe, Kan., is planning a program to prevent hospital readmissions for older patients, according to a KHI News Service report.
Antibiotic resistance among outpatients is a growing concern and warrants attention from both hospitals and outpatient clinics, according to a study in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease.
The following investigations, lawsuits, settlements or other legal developments involving healthcare providers were reported within the past month, beginning with the most recent.