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The National Quality Forum announced today that Christine Cassel, MD, the long-time president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation, will become its new president and CEO effective mid-summer 2013.
In this week's HIX Digest: Utah's pre-ACA HIX seeks certification, Iowa's partnership plan gains support and West Virginia mulls enrollment challenges.
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine joined a number of other medical organizations as it called on Congress to permanently fix the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) Medicare payment formula as part of any legislation designed to avert the fiscal cliff.
A new tool created by ProPublica supports what nursing home auditors and researchers have been saying for years: federal fines vary widely by state. Nursing homes in some states pay a steep price for misconduct while those in neighboring states don't.
Christine Cassel on her new role at NQF and why financial managers should care about performance me…
The National Quality Forum announced that Christine Cassel, MD, will become its president and CEO mid-summer 2013 when she leaves her decade-long post as president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation. Cassel took a few minutes to talk to Healthcare Finance News about her upcoming role.
Amid the public debate about the affordability of healthcare and insurance, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is using new media tools like infographics to explain regulatory and market issues, hoping to reach news savvy consumers inside and outside the Washington Beltway.
One of Texas' largest health systems is getting larger. Scott & White Healthcare and Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System announced late on Dec. 14 that they have signed an agreement to merge, creating a $7.7 billion organization.
A patient-centered care model and the capacity to deliver primary care are more essential for starting an ACO than financial strength, according to a recent study from the Commonwealth Fund.
The National Quality Forum announced today that Christine Cassel, MD, the long-time president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation, will become its new president and CEO effective mid-summer 2013.
When patients have access to after-hours services with their primary care provider, emergency room usage is significantly lower and fewer patients go without needed medical care, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) released last week by Health Affairs.