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Studies show that “never events” add significantly to Medicare hospital payments, ranging from an average of an additional $700 per case to treat pressure ulcers to $9,000 per case to treat postoperative sepsis.
A new poll of U.S. healthcare quality improvement experts shows that solving payment problems and restructuring malpractice suits/tort reform top the list of areas that would help to eliminate waste.
A supply chain improvement project involving 12 hospitals in southwestern Missouri and southeastern Kansas yielded reduced spending on clinical products and improved infection control efforts.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure this week that would delay the anticipated 21.2 percent Medicare physician pay cut until March 1, 2010, according to a congressional news release.
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center saved over $570,000 over three years on energy costs by participating in online pricing events.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has made available $27 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to help older Americans with chronic conditions improve their health and reduce the use of medical care.
Our Lady of Lourdes Healthcare Services, Inc., the parent company of two New Jersey hospitals, has agreed to pay $7.95 million to resolve allegations that the hospitals defrauded Medicare.
Squeezing every penny out of healthcare costs will top the healthcare industry's focus for 2010, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
An annual report from the California HealthCare Foundation shows that the cost of employer-sponsored health coverage continues to rise far faster than inflation.
While the unemployment rate across the United States remains high, employment for pharmacy technicians will grow much faster than that of the average occupation, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008-2009 Occupational Outlook Handbook.