Two recent reports from the HHS Office of Inspector General have found billing errors led to Medicare overpayments at two separate hospitals. At 154-bed Morton Hospital in Taunton, Mass., which …
Rideout Health, a non-profit community-based healthcare system, and RGP Healthcare(TM), a division of Resources Global Professionals, today jointly announced that Rideout has selected and is implementing Pavisse(TM), a cutting-edge technology …
Shands Hospitals has agreed to pay $26 million to settle a lawsuit that claims it admitted patients who didn’t need to be hospitalized at six of its Florida hospitals, attorneys …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a final rule on hospital inpatient status, which is likely to boost the number of seniors receiving Medicare coverage for skilled …
Carlisle Regional Medical Center wants to provide cost-efficient care needed to retain access to people covered by health insurer Highmark Inc. Carlisle Regional issued this statement Friday afternoon: “CRMC has …
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island and a physician’s group have entered into a partnership aimed at improving health care and slowing cost increases. The three-year shared-savings agreement …
When hospital senior management supports the creation and maintenance of a strong safety culture, patient outcomes improve, staff productivity increases, and there is less clinical employee turnover, according to research …
Community Health Network thinks it can improve its profitability by $100 million over the next two years by reorganizing itself into patient-centered teams. It’s the latest move by a local …
