Sonny D is cupping his jaw with both hands, writhing on the gurney, and pleading with me to give him “something for the pain.” His teeth, those that remain, are a ragtag crew of decay. He’s been popping ibuprofen like candy. Antibiotics no longer help. He needs a...
Physicians should use this transition year to take advantage of resources to help them comply with MACRA and get started if they haven't already, the AMA president says.
With a quality score of 96.3%, the accountable care organization demonstrated that it could deliver high-quality care and improve the value of the healthcare dollar.
CLEVELAND - In recent years, doctors nationwide have lamented ever-rising drug prices that are limiting patient access to crucial medicines and undermining hospital finances. But a ballot initiative in Ohio is flipping that script.
A knee replacement at Medstar Harbor Hospital will cost a patient $37,225 on average, while the same procedure at University of Maryland Shore Medical System at Easton costs $22,687.
Recommendations from the National Academy of Medicine may not be met this decade, but progress has been made toward achieving higher levels of nursing education.
Children's health advocates are worried that lawmakers' different ideas about how to fund a federal insurance program will leave nearly 1 million Texas children without coverage.
Research released today shows that hospitals acquired in an M&A deal often struggle to generate financial gains from economies of scale in the first two years after the transaction.
Americans are both undertreated and overtreated in a health care system that wastes up to $1 trillion a year and delivers profoundly uneven quality: Current estimates indicate that preventable medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States....
