CMS has paid more than $8.35 billion through the meaningful use program to date and 400 hospitals registered for incentive payments through the program in October, according to a Bloomberg BNA report.
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The ECRI Institute has released its 2013 list of the top health IT hazards, and three of the topics are related to health information technology.
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center in Alamosa, Colo., and Conejos County Hospital in La Jara, Colo., have signed a letter of intent to merge administrative functions under San Luis Valley Health in Alamosa, Colo., according to an Alamosa News…
University Medical Center in Louisville, Ky., and the University of Louisville announced Wednesday that they have entered a partnership bringing together University Hospital and the James Graham Brown Cancer Center with KentuckyOne Health in Louisville.
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Cash stipends for hospital and healthcare medical directors have changed drastically over the past several years as medical directorships continue to evolve, and chief medical officer directorships usually lead to the highest stipends.
Boston-based Steward Health Care System, a for-profit system that operates 10 hospitals in New England, announced it has expanded its use of Craneware solutions for revenue and audit measures.
Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Mich., announced it has closed on two credit facilities worth $931 million.
Government and private insurers are gradually moving away from encounter-based reimbursement and rapidly developing new payment models that reward coordination of care and population health management. How should healthcare leaders respond? As always, there are options.
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington have opened the Connecticut Institute for Primary Care Innovation on Saint Francis' main campus.