As the country's population continues to grow older, hospitals and medical staffs may struggle with how to monitor the skills and abilities of...Read More »
More MSPs reported making more than $30,000 in the 2014 survey than in previous years, but two-thirds of respondents said their department has not...Read More »
New OPPE and FPPE standards for acute care and critical access hospitals accredited by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) may...Read More »
Physicians at all levels need to balance the potential benefits of a given medical treatment with its harms and costs, keeping in mind the...Read More »
Physicians and hospitals are being evaluated on myriad quality metrics, with results increasingly tied to financial penalties or bonuses. But...Read More »
As hospitals acquire more physician offices, patients are often paying more, not less, for their care. At the heart of the disparity is Medicare...Read More »
Unplanned hospital readmissions for patients following surgery are primarily due to new surgical complications rather than the worsening of...Read More »
Only a handful of several community groups that received federal reimbursements for curbing preventable readmissions have delivered better results...Read More »
