Jeff Peters, MBA, president and CEO of Surgical Directions, and David Young, MD, managing partner of the company and medical director of pre-surgical testing at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Chicago, discussed perioperative performance in a recent webinar presented by…
The Latest
A former executive from Riverside General Hospital in Houston pled guilty yesterday to his role in a $116 million kickback scheme, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
A California senator is planning to introduce a bill this month that would require hospitals to disclose all potential charges associated with a service or stay, according to a CBS Los Angeles report.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation has released the draft of the national plan to address Alzheimer's disease.
Hospitals are purchasing physician practices and employing physicians at some of the highest levels in roughly two decades. Here are the top 25 highest-paid physician specialties, with average salary figures, that were in hospital-owned practices based on the most recent…
Pen Bay Healthcare in Rockport, Maine, has eliminated eight positions and continues to look for other cost-saving measures due to impending reductions to the state's Medicaid program, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives recently wrote a letter (pdf) to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urging that HHS "move quickly and decisively in setting a new compliance date for converting to ICD-10."
Greater continuity of care with a specialist and greater comprehensive care by a family physician were associated with less use of the emergency department, according to a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Of the roughly $16 billion dollars the Justice Department has recovered through healthcare whistleblower cases since 1987, about 36 percent has come since 2009, reflecting a surge in qui tam action, according to USA Today report.
Salem (Ore.) Hospital plans to roll out $30 million in organizational cuts to battle its growing deficit and decline in inpatient admissions, according to a Statesman Journal report.