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A study by researchers at Loyola University Health System has found that a key statistic that consumer groups and the media often use when compiling hospital report cards and national rankings can be misleading, according to a Loyola news release.
Of the 247 hospitals participating in CMS's Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration project, run by CMS and Premier, North Shore University Hospital performed better than anyone else. The 731-bed hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., reaped more than $200,000 in pay-for-performance (P4P) funds,…
Abbott, based in Abbott Park, Ill., acquired Irvine, Calif.-based Visiogen for $400 million in cash, expanding the company's vision care portfolio, according to an Abbott news release.
The American Association for Respiratory Care is asking hospitals to complete a survey for the Department of Health and Human Services to obtain a count of mechanical ventilators available as the country prepares for the H1N1 flu virus this fall,…
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Hospital Corporation of America, which is composed of locally managed healthcare facilities that include 163 hospitals and 112 outpatient centers in 20 states and England, has joined Practice Greenhealth, the nation's leading group for organizations in the healthcare community that…
Chicago-based NeuStrategy and San Diego-based SpineMark Corp. have released the results of their Spine COE® (Center of Excellence) Survey, a powerful new benchmarking tool to help define best practices in spine care, according to a joint news release.
A white paper by the Senior Center for Health and Security, a national organization based in Reston, Va., is endorsing physician-owned hospitals against proposals to "drive them completely out of existence," according to a release from Senior Center for Health…
The partnership of KOL Bio-Medical Instruments, a service-disabled veteran-owned specialty medical device distributor, and Megadyne, an electrosurgical equipment and accessory developer/manufacturer, has resulted in KOL being awarded a Federal Supply Schedule contract to provide the Megadyne product line, according to…
Due to a software problem, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is requesting that the public resubmit comments made on the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System, originally submitted through www.regulations.gov, according to a CMS news…