The percentage of citizens qualifying for both Medicaid and Medicare varies widely from state to state, according to data from a recent Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured report.
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Fewer than 200,000 out of more than 600,000 eligible physicians reported measures for CMS' Physician Quality Reporting System in 2010 — a worrisome finding since the program will turn punitive in 2013, according to an American Medical News report.
Community hospitals are under siege right now. Unlike large medical centers or hospital systems, they do not have the clout to qualify for the highest payor rates or the lowest vendor prices. And these self-standing, non-profit institutions have limited access…
MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta, Maine, is cutting 47 positions as it tries to meet a $400 million operating budget for the next fiscal year, according to a Kennebec Journal report.
Indiana Orthopedic Hospital has selected Surgical Information Systems Anesthesia as its anesthesia information management system.
As Georgia's unemployment rate lingered around 10 percent in 2010, Georgia hospitals generated roughly $38 billion to the state's economy, according to a report from the Georgia Hospital Association.
Health system and individual hospital chief medical officers face a number of new challenges that are markedly different from those of their predecessors. While quality improvement and patient safety are still paramount, efforts to integrate and coordinate care in preparation…
The average salaries of neurologists fell in 2011 from 2010, as neurologist compensation continues to stay toward the bottom of all physician salaries, according to Medscape's Neurologist Compensation Report: 2012 Results.
During the second quarter of the federal government's 2012 fiscal year, the Medicare Recovery Audit Program collected $588.4 million in overpayments — the most overpayment dollars the RAC program has collected in its existence thus far, according to CMS' quarterly…
Several major hospitals and health systems in Ohio's Columbus metropolitan area have accrued roughly $3 billion in cash reserves, signaling strength in their ability to maintain a cash flow, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.