Quality and Safety

$2.4 billion came from healthcare, including high-profile settlements with EHR vendor eClinicalWorks and EpiPen maker Mylan.

The troubles aren't over, however, with probes by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission still ongoing.

A lot of the money spent in the six months after a heart attack don't seem to be making much of a difference.

The data is used to judge physician performance and hospital performance, often driving managerial decisions such as compensation and employment.

Clinicians need technical assistance and greater program integrity to keep QPP from risk of fraud and improper payments, according to the Office of the Inspector General.

Best practices are emerging that healthcare organizations can use to optimize care and reduce ICU utilization that results from the procedures.

USC researchers say tool could be used to create an objective method for evaluating surgeon proficiency with implications for patient satisfaction and reimbursement.

Patients admitted to rural hospitals have greater risk of death during hospitalization than they do in urban hospitals, a study finds. That means it's time for healthcare executives to address this problem.

Hospitals take their ratings seriously, despite hospital industry experts' skepticism about their scientific methodology and studies showing that scores may not have a huge influence on patient behavior. In a highly competitive market, no one wants to be a "C"-rated safety hospital any more than a "C"-rated restaurant for cleanliness.

The coming shortage of primary doctors has been well-documented and now new research suggests that many specialists will also be in short supply.