Editor's Picks
A year after leaving his position as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Don Berwick, MD, talks with HealthLeaders about death panels, the challenges of implementing healthcare reform, and Medicare and Medicaid fraud. >>>
How do healthcare leaders effectively make decisions regarding the right mix of clinical technology and services to offer? >>>
A close look at satisfaction scores healthcare providers assign to payers reveals that medical practice professionals aren't as happy with insurers as the list indicates at first glance. >>>
In a sweeping memorandum from its Secretary, the Department of Health and Human Services is providing details to states on Medicaid expansion, saying "the law does not provide for a phased-in or partial expansion." The memo also addresses market reforms, healthcare exchanges, and payments to safety net hospitals. >>>
High emergency department crowding was associated with 300 excess inpatient deaths, 6,200 hospital days, and $17 million in costs, a study of nearly one million ED visits finds. >>>
Neonatal and maternal harm and its costs can be reduced when hospitals use three sets of process bundles, an effort by the healthcare alliance Premier has found. >>>
One hospital's offering of 24/7 physician consultations by phone or video shows innovation and an embrace of the future of medicine, albeit as a low-risk proposition. >>>
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Silicon Valley Mercury News / Associated Press, December 10, 2012
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Concord Monitor, December 10, 2012
Boston Globe / Associated Press, December 7, 2012
Business Insider, December 6, 2012
USA Today, December 6, 2012
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