Jeff Lagasse

By itself, the higher-value care intervention doesn't live up to its cost reduction potential, due mostly to inadequate funding, researchers say.

Dignity Health-GoHealth Urgent Care, a joint venture created to bring urgent care centers to California's Bay Area, this week opened its latest clinic.

Crews in Minot, North Dakota are continuing work on a $250 million medical park for Trinity Health, taking advantage of dry weather to ensure the revamped campus is built on a solid foundation.

Community Health Systems is set to unload two more hospitals than originally planned, bringing the total number to 12, according to a transcript of a second-quarter earnings call.

Evidence suggests the technology can assist clinicians in earlier detection of patient deterioration, helping to reduce patient length of stay, minimize use of intensive care units, reduce falls and pressure ulcers and avoid cardiac and respiratory arrests.

The agency is distributing close to $6 billion in uncompensated care payments over the next fiscal year, a decrease of about $400 million.

Many facilities miss out, or score low, in ratings from U.S. News, Leapfrog and Healthgrades.

Leapfrog CEO says California hospital an outlier, but argues multiple ratings approaches only give consumers the benefit of more info.

Results show overexertion is strongly felt across all practice types, and most physicians struggle with poor work-life balance, the study found. Moreover, thirty-nine percent of respondents didn't think their facility supported a strong work-life balance.

CMS estimates that up to 5,000 primary care practices serving an estimated 3.5 million beneficiaries could participate in the model.