Due to lack of sufficient funding, the Illinois Department of Public Health declined to investigate 85 percent of 560 complaints it received last year regarding hospital quality, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC…
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In response to the growing prevalence of post-surgical periprosthetic infections, researchers have proposed criteria that would shape a new definition for periprosthetic joint infections, according to a Thomas Jefferson University news release. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review…
Influential physician groups, such as the American Medical Association and American Medical Group Association, are beginning to warm up to CMS’ accountable care organization program. The groups had previously expressed disappointment with CMS’ proposed rule for ACOs, which they found…
University Hospital in Louisville, Ky., has filed a lawsuit against the American Civil Liberties Union, a local newspaper and local news network that have requested documents on the hospital’s proposed merger, according to a Courier-Journal report. University Hospital filed the…
Researchers at RTI International found the commercial disease management model did not translate to reduced hospital admissions or emergency room visits or costs of care among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on the study…
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.
The factors surrounding physician compensation are both numerous and complex. Hospital-employed versus independent setting, primary care physicians versus physician specialists, the fate of the Medicare sustainable growth rate — these are but a few issues at the tip of the…
A bipartisan group of representatives, led by Reps. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.), are urging the debt reduction committee to protect critical access hospitals as they consider proposals for $1.5 trillion savings, according to an AHA News…
Mercy officials have proposed plans to build a hospital that would replace St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., which was destroyed by a tornado in May, according to a Joplin Globe report.
Several different factions within the healthcare system have been lobbying and commenting on how health insurance exchanges should be formed, according to a Washington Post report.