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NewsHospital CEOs: Business model limbo is biggest challenge
As hospitals struggle to balance reduced reimbursements and eroding budgets, they simultaneously are transitioning away from the fee-for-service business model to a value-based system under health Read more...
Hospitals brace for ED overload, enhance primary care
New research in the Archives of Ophthalmology warns hospitals to prepare for an overload of emergency department (ED) visits after health reform kicks in. Florida hospital EDs already saw patients Read more...
Employment paradox: Hospitals hiring, firing workers
While escalating costs and shrinking state reimbursements are forcing hospitals to preemptively lay off workers, health reform (and the influx of patients that comes along with it) is causing those Read more...
Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Southwestern Vermont partner in care coordination
New Hampshire-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH) and Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) have agreed to form a multi-specialty physician group together, the former announced last week. Read more...
Congress urges CMS to fight Medicare fraud with moratoriums
Even though health reform gave the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) authority to impose moratoriums on new Medicare providers and suppliers when there's a high risk of fraud, waste, Read more...
Health reform law to reach Supreme Court next year
The much-debated constitutionality of President Obama's health reform legislation could be decided by the Supreme Court early next year, reports the Los Angeles Times. After passing on a full appeal Read more...
Reform calls for more administrative support, not clinicians
As hospitals prepare for an additional 16 million newly insured patients in 2014, new research in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests they should be concentrating on adding more support Read more...
Leading hospitals forgo managed care, burdened by requirements
To balance their cash-strapped budgets and prepare for an additional 16 million Medicaid enrollees under health reform, states are turning to managed care, hoping it will improve care coordination Read more...
Rural hospitals partner with larger systems to survive
State budget cuts are expected to hit rural hospitals especially hard, as they already struggle with limited financial and workforce resources. To continue serving their oftentimes isolated Read more...
Nurse advocates call for more involvement in reform
As health reform continues to take shape, industry experts contemplate how much involvement nurses should have in the process. Some say that because nurses play a broader role in patient care, they Read more...
| Press ReleasesHealth Reform to Require Insurers to Use Plain Language in Describing Health Plan Benefits, CoverageWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- People in the market for health insurance will soon have clear, understandable and straightforward information on what health plans will cover, what limitations or Read more >> 293 Hospitals across 40 States Sharing, Comparing and Improving PerformanceNext generation of the Premier healthcare alliance’s QUEST collaborative focuses on patient experience, reform, and reducing harm, readmissions CHARLOTTE, N.C. & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Read more >> Health reform law saves $2.1 billion for 3.6 million Americans with MedicareNew data show average American with Medicare to save nearly $4,200 through 2021 thanks to health reform WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nearly 3.6 million people with Medicare saved $2.1 billion on Read more >> Physicians Pessimistic on Benefits of Health Care Reform: DeloitteWASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2011 - A new Deloitte study reveals physicians are skeptical about core promises associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Only 27 percent of physicians Read more >> Rep. Karen Bass Joins Patients, Healthcare Workers, Other Community Health Providers to Fight Devastating “Medi-Cuts”Coalition to Launch Actions to Protect Medicare and Medi-Cal Funding LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) today joined a coalition of concerned healthcare workers from SEIU Read more >> |
