Jeff Lagasse
Mainstream reports and opinion pieces posted online look at Donald Trump's healthcare leadership, show concern for the poor and working class.
Independent physician practices are increasingly becoming an endangered species thanks to transition to value, report finds.
Texas Health Resources captures each step of the patient encounter, from the physician's electronic order to payers' insurance verification.
Government authorities, health organizations and private players trying to lower expenditures are a driving force.
Under the rule, workers with annual salaries up to $47,476 would be eligible for overtime pay, almost double the current income threshold.
Prices for outpatient, inpatient, professional services, and prescription drugs increased between 3.5 and 9 percent in 2015, report says.
Number one place to focus is on capturing accurate, complete clinical documentation in support of accurate coding, Leigh Williams says.
Rockwood Health sale is the latest in string of divestitures for struggling CHS; financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land becomes the first Houston-area hospital, and the third in Texas, to win the award.
The hospital has a model 2 bundled payment program for its congestive heart failure patients.