The healthcare economy, several federal mandates and limited resources are some of the factors surrounding ICD-10 implementation, and healthcare providers should look at five main areas of risk to help narrow down their ICD-10 challenges, according to a HIMSS G7…
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Although many physicians may tell patients who leave against medical advice that the health insurer will not pay for their care, health insurers still usually cover the care, according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Eric Shinseki, secretary of Veterans Affairs, plans to visit the VA's $665 million medical center under construction in Orlando, Fla., to address its delayed opening, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, MD, (R-Okla.), and Rep. Charles Boustany, MD, (R-La.), sent a letter (pdf) to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concern over findings from a recent audit of HHS' financial statements from fiscal…
As Providence, R.I., approaches bankruptcy, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island said the city's non-profit hospitals cannot necessarily contribute funds to the budget even though some top executives are paid seven figures, according to a WPRI report.
The Department of Health and Human Services has denied California's effort to require Medi-Cal, or Medicaid, patients to pay for certain healthcare services, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., and Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine in Hempstead, N.Y., have formed an academic affiliation, according to a hospital news release.
Forty-one percent of adults in families earning less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level have been uninsured for one or more years, and low-income Americans in general are also less likely to receive necessary medical care and preventive…
Simply Locums, a company that helps clinicians connect to healthcare facilities to manage and negotiate their locum tenens and permanent assignments, is offering free registration to federally qualified community health centers and medically underserved facilities, according to a company release.
Officials at Parkland Memorial Hospital, based in Dallas, have decided to not publicly release a consultant's report that outlined patient safety deficiencies and improvement steps at the hospital, according to an NBCDWF report.