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A sharp incline in the number of emergency department visits associated with the consumption of energy drinks was reported last week by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
More than half of states now are creating exchanges, and 13 have shown significant progress, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Registered nurses in western Massachusetts have staged a two-day picket of Baystate Health facilities over their frustration with a 12-month impasse in negotiating a new contract.
While much of the focus now is on Donald Berwick's replacement at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, some in the industry are reflecting on Berwick's departure and the larger issues it signifies: a political system that is too polarized to be effective.
Medical device company ArthroCare announced Monday that it has reached an agreement in principle to settle an investors' class action lawsuit pending against the company and two of its former officers for $74 million.
The California Hospital Association last week petitioned a federal district court to grant a preliminary injunction against California's Medicaid program, called Medi-Cal, to prevent it from making 10 percent reimbursement cuts primarily affecting hospital-based skilled nursing facilities.
The Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) has been given a $9 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue combating Medicare fraud.
Officials at Accenture and AT&T have launched a new medical imaging solution they say will help hospitals access medical images and doctors to collaborate.
It’s no wonder why subscribers of Wolters Kluwer Health’s UpToDate have described the system as “the best medical tool ever.” New research conducted at Harvard University has found that hospitals using UpToDate, an evidence-based, physician-authored clinical knowledge system, have shorter lengths of stay, better quality and, for some conditions, a lower mortality rate.
After a political impasse, in which Republicans effectively blocked his Senate confirmation, Donald Berwick, MD, will step down next week as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. President Obama has nominated CMS principal deputy Marilynn Tavenner as Berwick's replacement.