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The same cohort of authors responsible for the Health Care Pricing Project鈥檚 flawed 2015 paper recently released an updated version.
The 黑料正能量 Association Grassroots Champion Award recognizes those hospital leaders who most effectively educate elected officials on how major issues affect the hospital鈥檚 vital role in the community.
All organizations must remain vigilant and ensure the proper cybersecurity procedures and controls are in place and practiced. While the stolen information may not retrievable, steps can be taken to mitigate the Mabna threat and other nation-state-sponsored cyber threats to academic medical centers鈥
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Vital Signs report identifying the threats associated with antibiotic resistance (AR) and recommending 鈥渆arly and aggressive action鈥 to prevent resistant pathogens from spreading in health care facilities.
Axios Vitals recent story on hospitals鈥 Medicare margins seemed to cherry pick data from a March Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) report to Congress to imply that hospitals 鈥渓ose money鈥 on Medicare because they are allegedly inefficient.
The second year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) began on Jan. 1. Yet last month, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted to recommend that Congress repeal the MIPS and replace it with a new 鈥溾
How do you fully recover from a Category 5 storm? And plan for the next one? Those are the questions Puerto Rico鈥檚 hospital leaders continue to ask five months after Hurricane Maria鈥檚 155-miles-per hour winds left the island鈥檚 health system on life support.
Does receiving a penalty under Medicare鈥檚 Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) program really mean a hospital is a poor performer? An online article published February 16 in the Journal for Healthcare Quality by the AHA and KNG Health Consulting shows that getting a HAC penalty resembles a game of鈥
The U.S. health care system is facing a prescription drug spending crisis fueled by staggering increases in recent years in the price of drugs.
The hearing today by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the impact of health care consolidation presented a one-sided perspective on the benefits of hospital mergers. The group presenting was untethered from the realities of managing a high-quality hospital system responsive to the鈥