CMS issued final rulings for Medicare Conditions of Participation and for the Medicare Regulatory Reform rule. The two rules are expected to create $5 billion in savings over the next five years.
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Health insurer Aetna has announced plans to expand its accountable care relationship with the Phoenix-based Banner Health Network through integrated technology and records sharing.
Hospitals, health systems, medical group practices, insurers and suppliers are invited to submit innovation success stories for a chance to present at the National Center for Healthcare Leadership's Inaugural Human Capital Investment Conference, according to an AHA News Now report.
If the Supreme Court strikes down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republicans may not offer a comprehensive plan to replace it, according to The Hill.
Plans to build Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital in Manistique, Mich., are frozen because the hospital failed to apply or pay for a building permit, according to a Daily Press report.
Pennsylvania State Sen. Jim Ferlo has introduced a bill that would reinstate certificate of need requirements for new healthcare facilities in the state, according to an Essential Public Radio report.
A higher total knee replacement caseload is associated with shorter lengths of stay, quicker operations and fewer complications, according to a study in Health Affairs.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has approved the merger between Lowell (Mass.) General Hospital and Saint's Medical Center in Lowell.
CMS has posted the names, business phone numbers and business addresses of Medicare eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals that have successfully demonstrated meaningful use and received payments as of March 2012.
The ONC has launched its Health IT Dashboard featuring an interactive package of technologies that allow ONC stakeholders to map, chart and access the agency's data.