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By Jeff Lagasse | 02:24 pm | June 08, 2018
Kaiser Permanente found that hospitals can bolster patient satisfaction scores and increase revenue by decreasing levels of opioid prescriptions.
By Susan Morse | 11:32 am | June 08, 2018
CMS head Seema Verma calls national efforts to improve patient safety that saved 8,000 lives and $2.9 billion a tremendous accomplishment.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 06:15 pm | June 07, 2018
Companies are acquiring Sound from Fresenius Medical Care.
By Jeff Lagasse | 05:34 pm | June 07, 2018
Executives say the top reason for launching a Medicare Advantage plan is the opportunity to capture more value.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:03 pm | June 07, 2018
Every dollar a hospital spends yields roughly $2.30 of additional business activity; for every hospital job, another two are supported in the community, American Hospital Association says.
By Susan Morse | 03:56 pm | June 07, 2018
Expansion benefits include care quality and a reduction in uncompensated care costs.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:42 pm | June 07, 2018
This is about improving operations, not another Uber for healthcare.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 01:15 pm | June 07, 2018
GAO reviewed 27 federal and state audits and investigations, identified roughly $68 million in overpayments and unallowable costs.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:40 am | June 07, 2018
Medicare's cost-containment strategy has been rolled out on a trial basis for more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and new evidence suggests there's a reason CMS should continue it.
By Bernie Monegain | 06:56 pm | June 06, 2018
Bush's exit comes as previous charges of sexual harassment and domestic abuse surface amid activist investor's nearly $7 billion takeover bid.