Tag: providers

January 18, 2018

Four health systems have joined forces to create a not-for-profit generic drug company with the goal of creating cheaper, more accessible pharmaceuticals for patients than are currently available on the market. Intermountain Healthcare, Ascension, SSM Health and Trinity Health are […]

June 19, 2017

Genesis Healthcare will pay the federal government $53.6 million to settle six lawsuits alleging that companies the post-acute care system acquired submitted false Medicare claims for unnecessary treatment and delivered grossly substandard nursing care, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday. […]

April 25, 2017

Several hospitals have called on the CMS to turn Obama-era bundled-payment initiatives for cardiac and orthopedic care into voluntary programs, as they don’t have the financial resources to invest in the changes. The CMS last month delayed the effective dates […]

January 31, 2017

It wasn’t long before President Donald Trump took office that he and Congressional Republicans began plotting how to repeal Barack Obama’s hallmark health care initiative. Replacing the Affordable Care Act would have an untold impact on the American public, while […]

January 17, 2017

More payors are calling on hospitals to provide patient-centered care and get patients more involved in their treatment, since better engagement often leads to improved health outcomes. Part of this process involves giving patients the information they need to make […]

December 30, 2016

Lurie Children’s Hospital wants to pony up $51 million to add more beds to its crowded Streeterville facility in the heart of the Mag Mile in Chicago. Plans call for adding 44 intensive-care beds to an existing 92. The specialty […]

September 9, 2016

HCA Holdings plans to spend $2.7 billion this year to expand patient access in its hub markets as a two-year volume bonanza from the Affordable Care Act and improved economy starts to taper, HCA CFO Bill Rutherford told analysts Thursday […]

March 11, 2016

Like many providers, Boston-based Steward Health Care System is taking on an increasing amount of financial risk for health outcomes. It now has hundreds of thousands of patients under risk-based contracts. But the 11-hospital group identified a weak link in […]

March 7, 2016

Your EMR migration can cost you twice. But the second cost is avoidable if you know where to look and what to do. The first cost is obvious. It’s the cost of the migration itself, which, for hospitals, can run from […]

March 7, 2016

Making electronic health records (EHR) systems more user-friendly for physicians has been a significant challenge for many facilities. But it’s an issue that your hospital needs to address directly. Providers who aren’t comfortable with entering information in an EHR are […]

March 2, 2016

Humans were likely not naturally imbued with the drive to “be responsible.” Growing up, we struggle with the idea–getting homework completed on time, keeping up with our mittens in the winter, reproducibly completing chores around the house and, later, coming […]

February 22, 2016

Hospitals must continue to do their best to stop readmissions in patients. This includes trying more innovative approaches when following up with patients post-discharge, such as bringing providers to their homes to help them understand their medications. Recent research has […]

December 17, 2015

The federal government’s $31.7 billion electronic health-record incentive payment program needs to be refocused on promoting interoperability of electronic health-record systems, improving their usability and enhancing outcomes instead of measuring processes, according to comments on the feds’ latest round of […]