It is hard to argue that health systems and physicians contemplating taking on the challenge of moving to value-based reimbursement for Medicare beneficiaries have a lot to swallow in the next few years — eating the proverbial elephant. While the…
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National Surgical Hospitals, based in Chicago, has announced its current CEO and co-founder John G. Rex-Waller has been named vice chairman of the board.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center's UT Medical Group and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, both based in Memphis, are is talks to form a large physician group, according to a Commercial Appeal report.
The lawsuit Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare filed against Brentwood, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems — seeking damages for the cost of CHS' attempted takeover last year — has been dismissed by a federal judge.
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When emergency physicians are faced with limited resources or extreme demand, they need to employ specific strategies to optimize resource utilization and outcomes, according to an article in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
A research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests a need for medical boards to monitor online physician behaviors as diligently as it does real-life physician behaviors, according to a Health Day report.
Physicians-in-training at Peninsula Hospital in New York are urging a governing body to revoke the hospital's credentials as a teaching facility, according to a New York Daily News report.
The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety is urging healthcare providers to boost electronic monitoring, including the use of both capnography and pulse oximetry, of all patients using patient-controlled analgesia.
The non-profit organizations URAC and the Leapfrog Group have partnered to develop a program designed to award hospital websites that promote transparency of quality measures in a manner that is useful and user-friendly for consumers.