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CMS finalizes Stage 2 Meaningful Use rule
If your hospital is participating in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, here’s a heads up on what you need to know about the newly released Stage 2 Meaningful...
View ArticlePopular TV shows to promote Affordable Care Act in California
Most hospital executives are interested in the election to see how it’ll affect the spending of healthcare dollars. But like most Americans, you’re probably tired of the constant bombardment of...
View ArticleWill physician suicide affect your hospital?
Did you know the majority of U.S. physicians are stressed or burned out? And not only does job stress and burnout lead to greater turnover, which is costly for hospitals, it also plays a much larger...
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Budget cuts cause hospitals to stop services
Many hospitals are experiencing declining financial health, despite implementing cost-saving measures such as reducing administrative expenses. One reason hospitals point to for their continued...
View ArticleNJ hospital settles kickback allegations to the tune of $12.6 million
While admitting no wrongdoing, Cooper Health System in Camden, NJ, has agreed to pay $12.6 million to settle illegal kickback allegations from a whistleblower that the hospital violated the state and...
View ArticleProposed rule reforms Medicare regulations, saves hospitals major cash
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), are trying to make life easier for hospitals. They’ve recently issued a proposed...
View ArticleNew site gives patients access to hospital inspection results
Public perception is everything when it comes to hospitals. Patients don’t want to go to a hospital with known quality issues. So it’s important you know exactly what info is floating around out there...
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Hospitals explore bundled care: Does one price fit all?
With accountable care organizations (ACOs) being all the rage these days under the Affordable Care Act, some hospitals are partnering with insurers in some innovative ways to promote pricing...
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CMS makes hospital billing data public online
A recent decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) means that competing hospitals will now be able to see what your hospital charges for various procedures – and patients will,...
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Proposed rule takes the edge off looming hospital funding cuts
Hospitals worried about how looming Affordable Care Act requirements may affect their budgets are getting a bit of a reprieve with a new proposed rule affecting federal funding. Under the Affordable...
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Hospital readmissions become RARE with new initiative
Hospitals everywhere are looking to do anything within their power to cut down on preventable readmissions in patients. One state’s hospitals used a five-step plan to tackle this growing problem — with...
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Can physician really afford a pay cut?
Every year it’s the same old thing — due to the sustainable growth rate, physicians are threatened with a cut to their Medicare reimbursement rate. But at the last second Congress steps in and stops...
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Vital lessons hospitals can learn from the newspaper industry
The landscape of healthcare is changing, and hospital leaders must keep up with the times. And there’s a surprising model hospitals can learn from: the newspaper industry. At first glance, what’s...
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How to curb Medicaid ‘super-utilizers’ in hospitals
The feds are placing their focus on cutting healthcare costs, and one specific segment they’re targeting is Medicaid “super-utilizers” who get most of their health needs met in the hospital emergency...
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Readmissions penalties set to increase soon: 1 thing hospitals can try to...
Time’s ticking for hospitals with high readmission rates – Medicare’s upping the ante, increasing the penalties these hospitals will receive on Oct. 1. In all, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
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Movers and shakers: Modern Healthcare reveals ‘Most Influential’ people
Who are the movers and shakers when it comes to healthcare? Modern Healthcare recently answered that question with the publication of its 12th annual list of the “100 Most Influential People in Health...
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One state’s success with hospital cost control could signal national trend
In one state, efforts to curb healthcare spending and hospital costs have saved millions, and because of its success, the methods used may soon be adopted nationwide. As discussed in an article in the...
View ArticleNew site gives patients access to hospital inspection results
Public perception is everything when it comes to hospitals. Patients don’t want to go to a hospital with known quality issues. So it’s important you know exactly what info is floating around out there...
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Physician survey: Would they choose the ‘noble profession’ all over again?
Are the physicians who work in your facility happy? They may be happier than those who are in private practice, according to a new physician survey. The 2013 Physicians Practice Great American...
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Will Medicare’s sustainable growth rate finally get fixed?
Every year now for what seems like forever, Medicare threatens physicians with a severe cut in Medicare pay, and Congress has to step in at the last minute and save the day. Reason: Medicare’s...
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