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Nurses at five hospitals have won their case in a class-action lawsuit that alleged administrators conspired to keep nurse wages artificially low.

Assessing late preterm and early term infants for risk of jaundice or feeding problems could reduce the number of babies readmitted within four weeks, a study published in the journal Pediatrics finds.

Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs) should receive the same compensation from Medicare as physicians for performing higher-level services, a member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) said Friday.

Vermont took the lead in efforts to implement federal and state healthcare reforms in May 2011 when Gov. Peter Shumlin signed legislation to implement Green Mountain Care, a single-payer, publicly financed, universal healthcare system.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reduced the minimum number of documents Medicare recovery auditors (RACs) can request from hospitals and providers other than physicians and suppliers, effective April 15.

The fee-for-service model isn't dead yet--putting CEOs in the tough spot of continuing current fee-for-service reimbursement while simultaneously moving toward payment reform.

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday updated their plan to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and replace it with efforts to reward providers for delivering high-value, efficient care.

Medicare recovery auditors (RACs) are fighting a House bill they say would cut into the billions of dollars in improper Medicare payments recovered by the auditors.

Pacific Health Corporation is suspending services at its three remaining hospitals because past legal issues have rendered it "impossible" to maintain operations, the California hospital chain announced Tuesday.