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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, December 12, 2011
Since the state law allowing financial penalties for immediate jeopardy incidents took effect in 2007, nearly one in four California hospitals has been ordered to pay for violations such as retained foreign objects and medication errors.
By: Jim Molpus, for HealthLeaders Media, December 12, 2011
The accountable care model, in which physicians of different disciplines combine with other top clinicians to deliver the best evidence-based care, is already being tested—in oncology.
By: Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, December 9, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission is notorious for causing trouble among hospital organizations that want to merge. This week it ruled against ProMedica, which has enacted a partnership with St. Luke's Hospital in Ohio. But the agency's enforcement efforts are getting tougher rather than easier.
Date: December 20, 2011
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