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A new actuarial analysis of general and professional liability (GL/PL) claim costs for long-term care facilities offers good news and bad news. The good news first: frequency of claims is neither increasing nor decreasing. The bad news: the severity of claims is increasing steadily.
A new study sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund found that less than 3 percent of hospitals use all 10 recommended practices for reducing readmissions for patients admitted with heart failure or acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
A recent report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) shows that with the increase in the number of baby boomers reaching 65, there is an increasing shortage of professionals who provide geriatric mental health services.
TriZetto Group's Gateway EDI subsidiary announced last week that it more than doubled its customer base of healthcare providers with the acquisition of 10-year-old revenue cycle management and electronic transaction processing systems company ClaimLogic.
In its first analysis of the healthcare law since the Supreme Court's decision in June, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office finds that the court's ruling will make the Affordable Care Act more affordable.
During a White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) conversation on July 24, leaders in healthcare and policy discussed the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) to reduce the environmental footprint of hospitals, lower costs and improve overall patient health by including sustainability efforts and initiatives into their business models.
Based on venture capital funding levels, deal totals and merger and acquisition activity, global consulting firm Mercom Capital Group reports that the healthcare IT sector is experiencing its highest levels of economic bustle since 2010.
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) on Tuesday launched the HITRUST Cyber Threat Analysis Service (C-TAS), which it bills as a collaborative platform for cyber defense specific to the healthcare industry.
According to Medicare's latest hospital readmissions data on its Hospital Compare website updated last week, very few hospitals are singled out as poor performers when it comes to readmissions, despite the fact that readmission rates haven't been improving nationwide.
With the financial pressures that healthcare organizations are facing, many hospitals are using traditional cost cutting methods to save money by looking at layoffs and staff reductions. Many more hospitals, however, are finding ways to reduce costs through lean management methods that don't require layoffs and can improve quality for patients.