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Berwick: CFOs must lead change to a better healthcare system
Don Berwick, M.D., former administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, charged healthcare financial leaders with navigating change to achieve a "triple aim" healthcare system that offers better care, better health and better costs, during a keynote address today at Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual ANI conference.
Ex-health center CEO sentenced in $6M embezzlement
The former CEO of Miami Beach Community Health Center was sentenced to 42 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for embezzling millions of dollars from the federally qualified health center.
Children's hospitals financially outperform acute care hospitals
Standalone not-for-profit children's hospitals are outperforming nonprofit acute care hospitals financially, according to a new Fitch Ratings report.
Hospital rebuilding vital to protect NYC from climate change
New York hospitals will play a crucial role in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $20 billion plan to protect the city from the effects of climate change--a strategy he developed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which forced the closure of five acute care hospitals and one psychiatric hospital and the emergency evacuation of nearly 2,000 patients.
Study: Hospitals rarely survive bankruptcy
Few hospitals that file for bankruptcy ever recover. A study shows 67 percent of hospitals that filed for bankruptcy between 2000 and 2006 eventually ceased to operate.
Global outcomes contracting a bridge between volume and value
Premera Blue Cross believes it has found a way to transition from the fee-for-service payment model toward the newer value-based system--a global outcomes contracting program.
A behind-the-scenes look at FiercePracticeManagement
Editor Deb Beaulieu takes readers behind the scenes of putting together an issue of FiercePracticeManagement and finding the right mix of stories most relevant to readers
Direct-pay docs continue to tout model
With insurance hassles and high overhead continuing to frustrate doctors, news stories continue to roll in about physicians who've adopted a cash-only model and say they've never been happier.
Generic drug rules could save Medicare $1.4B a year
Medicare could save $1.4 billion per year by pushing doctors to prescribe generic drugs, a new study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests.
Obama dismisses GOP critics, says healthcare reform is working as planned
President Obama shrugged off Friday what he coined Republican "fearmongering" and said the healthcare law is working the way it's supposed to, The Hill's Healthwatch reports.
