CMS has launched a new website for Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program payment and registration data.
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Hospitals based in Missouri provided more than $2.3 billion in total community benefits in 2010, including more than $482 million in charity care, according to a report from the Missouri Hospital Association (pdf).
At the end of November, Marian Community Hospital in Carbondale, Pa., announced it will be closing in February, and it will leave behind more than $19 million in liabilities, according to a Scranton Times Tribune report.
Several hospital executives and physicians at the three main Akron, Ohio-area hospitals earned seven-figure compensation packages in 2010, and Akron Children's Hospital President and CEO William Considine was the highest-paid executive with more than $1.5 million in compensation and benefits,…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a tool to help public and private healthcare organizations of any size implement HIPAA Security Rule requirements, according to a NIST news release.
It looks as though the report card system for California hospitals may be nearing an end, as the California Hospital Association recently announced its intention to withdraw from the project due to overwhelming administrative burden, according to a Gant Daily…
Though 61 percent of physicians are familiar with accountable care organizations, only 28 percent have considered plans for their practice to join or form an ACO, according to a survey from the Optum Institute for Sustainable Health. The survey including…
Comorbid conditions and undergoing a joint replacement revision surgery are some of the factors associated with an increased risk of in-hospital falls after total hip or knee replacement surgery, according to research conducted by Hospital for Special Surgery. Read the…
WCA Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y., is exploring a strategic affiliation with UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pa., according to a WCA news release. If the organizations do affiliate, the 342-bed WCA has said it will remain an independent non-profit hospital. An…
Hospital Sisters Health System, based in Springfield, Ill., has increased vaccination rates from 60-70 percent to 95 percent after implementing a new vaccination policy in September, according to a State Journal-Register report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review…