Four foundations — The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and The John A. Hartford Foundation — have announced plans to provide up to $8.6 million to help fund a new…
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CMS sent a letter (pdf), dated May 23, to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, asking the agency to provide data that state's recent Medicaid cuts to do not hinder access to beneficiaries' access to physician and…
Community hospitals stand to benefit greatly from healthcare transactions and consolidations, but only if done at the right time and for the right reasons. Partnerships, affiliations and mergers with larger hospitals and health systems may provide community hospitals with more…
Ohio's public colleges could go completely smoke-free, a change inspired by Cleveland Clinic CEO Delos "Toby" Cosgrove, MD, according to a Plain Dealer report.
Today, health insurer UnitedHealthcare launched a new online service that provides out-of-pocket cost estimates to consumers based on the insurer's actual contracted rates with hospitals and physicians in 47 different markets.
CEOs and leaders from 11 prominent hospitals and health systems designed a 10-item checklist to improve healthcare quality while reducing costs, published by the Institute of Medicine.
Unlike other industries, many health systems settle most payments via paper check instead of automation, according to a 2011 study (pdf) from American Express.
Early hospice enrollment may prevent emergency department visits at the end of life, according to a study in Health Affairs.
Regional coordination of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction can improve the speed of treatment and survival rates, according to a study in Circulation.
A pilot study of the antiseptic clothes led to a 82 percent decrease in MRSA incidence among elderly patients, according to a poster presented at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection…