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The Department of Health and Human Services has launched an initiative to reward hospitals for the quality of care they provide to Medicare beneficiaries.
A new Medicare Trustees Report has projected that Medicare's Hospital Insurance Fund will run out of money in 2024, five years earlier than projected in last year's report.
When Jennifer Searfoss realized she had a urinary tract infection, she made a decision more and more Americans are making: She went to a retail health clinic for care.
As part of its “From Courtship to Marriage” series looking at how hospitals and physicians can work together, PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that while most doctors want more involvement in the governance of hospitals, hospital administrators worry that doctors don’t have the leadership training needed to fill those roles.
Studies have shown that therapy gardens help patients and residents of long-term care facilities experience less stress, lowered blood pressure and improvements in mood and socialization and have a more balanced circadian rhythm. Alzheimer’s patients, meanwhile, experience a decrease in aggressive behavior.
A recent survey of employers shows more than half would like to improve their employees' health habits as a means of reining in the rising cost of providing health benefits.
The Western Health Information Network (WHIN) has received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pioneer Portfolio for a pilot project to test how unique patient identifiers can increase patient control over their clinical information and improve the quality of medical records.
With six months to go before the HIPAA 5010 electronic claims submissions compliance date, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have announced two 5010 national testing days.
A study presented last month at the annual American Psychiatric Association conference points to a pending crisis in geriatric psychiatry and potential healthcare cost increases as older adults end up in emergency rooms for mental health-related issues.
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced new steps to reduce premiums and make it easier for Americans to enroll in the federal Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP).