Medicare's use of national growth factors to set target goals for accountable care organizations may cause ACOs participating in the Pioneer and Shared Savings programs to gain or lose money regardless of whether they improve delivery of care, according to…
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The New Jersey Hospital Association and partner organizations have made several recommendations for hospitals to reduce inappropriate emergency department use by Medicaid patients.
The American Hospital Association is calling on the Internal Revenue Service to update private-use rules for healthcare facilities financed with tax-exempt bonds, according to an AHA News Now report.
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare announced its Piedmont Heart Institute will create the nation's first heart valve reference center using a recent $20 million grant from the Marcus Foundation.
Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas, announced (pdf) plans to build a new outpatient facility.
Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Mo., plans to open the Northeast Regional Heart Center July 1, according to a Heartland Connection report.
Former Democratic presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis writes in a recent Boston Globe editorial that accountable care organizations are not the solution to controlling healthcare costs.
Penn State Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center has opened the new Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute-Hanover (Pa.), according to a Gant Daily report.
Providers fail to notice three-quarters of all performance incentives and end up losing an estimated $20 billion annually, according to findings from a recent ZS Associates study.
The American Heart Association announced a new demonstration project to reduce the time from heart attack to treatment.