The American Hospital Association urged members of Congress to extend expiring Medicare programs that benefit rural hospitals, according to an AHA News Now report.
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The service line model for clinical specialties can provide many benefits through its integrated design and focus. To receive the full benefits of this model, however, hospitals need to create a management structure that fosters independent innovation as well as…
A new survey seeks to help accountable care organizations identify ways to improve efficiency and quality by assessing a patient's entire episode of care.
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North Carolina's Medicaid program currently has a deficit of roughly $150 million, and health advocates attended a state Senate Appropriations Committee meeting Tuesday to advocate for restored Medicaid funding to the budget, according to a North Carolina Health News report.
Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford and health insurer Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in North Haven, Conn., have reached a multiyear agreement on managed care contracts after a nearly two-month standoff.
The Medicaid Recovery Auditor program officially started this past January, and according to a recent blog post from Paul Spencer, compliance officer for Fi-Med Management and author of The RAConteur, there has been little recognition of the Medicaid RACs' progress…
Sixty-three percent of physicians surveyed in a new AthenaHealth-Sermo report say they believe the shift to accountable care organizations will have a negative impact on quality of care. More than half of the physicians surveyed believe quality of care will…
Memorial Hospital Los Banos (Calif.), a 46-bed hospital part of Sacramento-based Sutter Health, announced it will partner with Galen Inpatient Physicians to improve throughput processes and quality of care in its inpatient department.
Even with the most talented management, hospitals and health systems can run into problems when executives don't work as an aligned, healthy team. Leaders might operate their respective units or functions well, even spectacularly, but not work together at an…