Hospitals have increasingly acquired physician practices during the past decade, arguing that doing so helps them coordinate care and control costs. However, when hospitals buy physician practices, the result is usually higher hospital prices and increased spending by privately insured...
Thirty-four percent of rural hospitals and 32% of urban hospitals had at least one telehealth application currently in use, and rural and urban hospitals did not differ significantly in overall telehealth implementation rates, according to a Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Policy Brief....
An orthopedic surgeon accused of slapping anesthetized patients on the buttocks and making crude comments about them faces possible criminal charges, and the Syracuse, N.Y. hospital that reportedly ignored staff complaints about his behavior may be sanctioned, according to Syracuse.com. The...
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano will not accept a prestigious national award for quality after multiple lawsuits filed by former patients allege that the hospital allowed a neurosurgeon to repeatedly botch surgeries, sometimes while under the influence of alcohol and/or cocaine. Baylor...
If the proposed affiliation between Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center makes it through New York state and federal scrutiny, it would join three hospital campuses, more than two dozen community sites, $500 million in annual revenues and 4,700 employees under the...
A final rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has merged the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank and National Practitioner Data Bank, in a move to eliminate duplication of data.