A settlement agreement between CMS and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H., has gone into effect after the hospital struggled to keep its Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certification, according to a Fosters report.
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A study conducted by Healthcare Research & Analytics suggests hospitals are primarily concerned with their performance under the patient experience of care measures under healthcare reform's value-based purchasing program.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation now offers a suite of resources designed to support the use of CAHPS surveys, specifically the Clinician & Group Surveys.
HHS has issued a proposed rule (pdf) in which primary care physicians serving Medicaid patients would see their Medicaid payments rise to Medicare levels.
In order to coordinate care, many hospitals and health systems are acquiring physician practices. A key step in the process is the valuation of the practice. The valuation is a conclusion on how much a physician practice is worth. To…
In a webinar on May 8, Syed Ishaq, vice president of client development for Somnia Anesthesia; David Perlstein, MD, MBA, medical director at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx (N.Y.); and Thomas Dean, chief administrative officer at San Juan Regional…
Healthcare is increasingly digital and mobile with electronic records, cloud computing, smart phones and tablets. With all of the benefits of technology in healthcare, there are also some downsides. One of those downsides is difficulty protecting patient personal information. Since…
The American College of Cardiology announced new recommendations on operating modern cardiac catheterization labs.
The University Specialty Hospital in Baltimore is planning to transfer its inpatient chronic care services to other hospitals in July as it transitions to an outpatient facility, according to a Baltimore Sun report.
The Woodlands, Texas-based Victory Healthcare announced plans to open a new hospital in Plano, Texas, in September.