Medicare Part B reimburses physicians at a higher rate for certain services performed in their offices to account for the increased expense, but when physicians perform those services in facility settings such as a hospital, Medicare reimburses the overhead expenses…
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While automated external defibrillators improve survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, the use of AEDs in hospitals with cardiac arrest patients may not always correlate with improved survival, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
U.S. surgeons facing malpractice lawsuits are at higher risk of experiencing emotional exhaustion, stress and professional dissatisfaction, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has launched its Innovation Challenge — a new initiative that will provide as much as $30 million to each of 100 applicants who present new ideas for healthcare delivery and payment models, according…
In 2008, full-time certified registered nurse anesthetists made an average of $163,467 per year, and in 2011, that figure is nearly $169,000, according to the 2011 LocumTenens.com CRNA Salary Survey.
The closure of a safety-net hospital affected 67 percent of primary care physicians, with some facing reduced access to specialists, more patient delays in care and the loss of colleagues, according to a study in the Annals of Family Medicine.…
Patients who had non-emergency artery-opening angioplasty or stent implantation at hospitals without heart surgery capabilities fared as well as those in hospitals that did, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011.
Beginning on Nov. 21, current municipal credit ratings provided by Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's will be displayed on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's Electronic Municipal Market Access website, according to an MSRB news release.
Mayo Clinic researchers found that the incidence of heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths was cut in half among Olmsted County, Minn., residents after a smoke-free ordinance took effect.
Denver-based HCA-HealthOne is offering more than $500 million to lease Memorial Health System, a city-owned system in Colorado Springs, according to a report from The Gazette. HCA-HealthOne is also offering to let the city of Colorado Springs keep all of…