Quality and Safety
Seniors responding to a new poll said they are significantly concerned about the potential impact to their health coverage if the federal deficit reduction plan includes changes to Medicare benefits.
The United States continues to lead industrialized nations in healthcare spending, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.
In diverse communities like Philadelphia, healthcare providers treat an array of patients. In an effort to provide the best care for each individual, and to help them participate in the process, Jefferson University Hospitals' Family Medicine Associates has been working to provide multicultural care by "systemizing" its practice.
Most accountable care organizations, spurred by the Medicare Shared Savings Program, are taking four different approaches to creating new payment models, according to a new report sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has corrected $684.8 million in improper payments since FY 2010, according to an update released earlier this month on its Medicare Fee-for-Service Recovery Audit Program.
The Minnesota-based insurer sees a greater need for healthcare in rural America, as well as an increase in people on government-funded insurance programs and a decrease in physicians, and points to telehealth and telemedicine as possible solutions.
Employee training is the key to avoiding a costly security breach, according to an executive in the Fraud Solutions division at risk mitigation company Kroll.
The Apps Against Abuse challenge, a national competition to develop an app that provides young adults with tools to prevent sexual assault and dating violence, was launched recently by Vice President Joe Biden, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
After the American Hospital Association released its Accountable Care Organization (ACO) report on start up costs, many health systems are rethinking how they want to structure their organization.
A new study in the August issue of Health Affairs found that increased public health investments at the local level can produce measurable health improvements.