As hospitals and health systems grapple with remodeling their clinical and financial futures, capital asset planning and real estate strategies are working their way to the forefront of the healthcare industry, according to a Jones Lang LaSalle news release.
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Medicare Advantage premiums have dropped 7 percent on average and MA enrollment over the past year is up about 10 percent, according to a news release from the Department of Health and Human Services.
U.S. District Court Christina Snyder tentatively ordered in a Jan. 30 ruling (pdf) that the California Department of Health Care Service is restrained from reducing Medi-Cal reimbursements, and the associated decision by the Department of Health and Human Service to…
Hospitals and healthcare providers are currently in the 90-day "enforcement discretion period" of HIPAA Version 5010, and CMS released guidance on how providers can work with their vendors to ensure a timely Version 5010 upgrade.
Spending for Medicare, Medicaid and all other government healthcare programs is expected to double between 2012 and 2022, from $847 billion this fiscal year to a total of $1.8 trillion in 2022, according to a report from the Congressional Budget…
Utah's House of Representatives has voted 48-22 to approve a bill that would require all healthcare facilities to report infection rates to the Department of Health, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.
Inappropriate use of urinary catheters seems to persist, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Nearly 200 stakeholders, who convened at Premier healthcare alliance and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition's open meeting, developed 22 safe injection practices.
An analysis of quality improvement collaboratives revealed seven key lessons learned by healthcare providers, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
The Institute of Medicine has released a report that lists nine "exemplar" chronic conditions that can have significant effects on the country's health and economy and recommendations on how to tackle these public health concerns.