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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, June 30, 2011
A three-judge panel in Ohio has upheld a lower court finding that Congress has the power to require that individuals purchase healthcare insurance.
By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, June 30, 2011
Community Health Systems has executed a definitive agreement to sell 180-bed SouthCrest Hospital in Tulsa and 89-bed Claremore Regional Hospital to Hillcrest HealthCare System. Financial details were not disclosed.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, June 30, 2011
The authors of a Johns Hopkins study raise concerns about the use of standardized metrics to evaluate surgical outcomes in a population with high rates of complications. One concern is that reimbursement determination may be affected.
By: Joan Moss, RN, MSN, Senior Vice President, Sg2, for HealthLeaders Media, June 30, 2011
Hospitals have always known that reducing readmissions should be a priority quality goal but, until now, the payment incentives have not been in place. Like it or not, health care reform has provided a new impetus to do the right thing.
By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2011
Transparency and these five core competencies are 'must haves' for accountable care organizations that wish to achieve Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Don Berwick's three-part aim: better care, better health, and lower costs, experts suggest.
By: Alexandra Wilson Pecci, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2011
A statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shines a light on just how wide the gap is between rural and non-rural emergency departments. Low occupancy rates and hospital admissions; and a shortage of general surgeons and specialists are hurting the viability of rural facilities, one of the report's co-authors says.
By: Anna Webster, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2011
This message came through loud and clear at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference: Healthcare leaders must work together to solve their common challenges. And as marketers we need to better understand how the leadership systems within our organizations work, in order to communicate better with both providers and patients.
By: June 14, 2011
Date: July 20, 2011
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By: June 21, 2011
Date: July 27, 2011
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