The majority of nonelderly Medicaid patients' emergency department visits are for serious symptoms rather than minor injuries, as is often thought, according to a report by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
Public Health
HHS has awarded more than $971 million to improve preparedness and health outcomes for public health threats, according to a recent news release from the federal agency.
Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — while allowing states to opt out of a Medicaid expansion provision in the law — some state officials are saying they may turn down…
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health System announced it is partnering with the California Department of Public Health to run the California Cancer Registry.
The Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could put in jeopardy initiatives aimed at improving the nation's healthcare system by leaving them unfunded, according to a New York Times report.
Advertisement
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced grants have been awarded to 219 community health centers to expand access to care and create new jobs.
Safety-net hospitals and health systems that are part of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems had nearly three times the volume of inpatient admissions in 2010 compared with other acute-care hospitals, according to a NAPH report (pdf).
The Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children in Birmingham, Ala., a $400 million facility, will be dedicated today, according to a Birmingham News report.
Only 36 percent of voters think the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a "good idea," according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll cited in a recent Atlantic article.
St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, N.Y., has seen an influx of patients following the closure of Peninsula Hospital Center, also in Far Rockaway, in early April, according to an LI Herald report.