Quality and Safety
The new proposed regulations on accountable care organizations, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services, launch one of the first delivery-reform initiatives to be implemented under the Accountable Care Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released regulations today on accountable care organizations (ACOs). The rules will guide provider organizations in setting up exchanges of healthcare data to improve care and reduce costs, as mandated under the Affordable Care Act.
Two studies released in March within a week of each other demonstrate the importance of higher nursing staff levels to patient outcomes, and, indirectly, to managing healthcare costs.
The current healthcare system is a "graveyard," says Paul Grundy, MD, president of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, but he has a roadmap that will take the country to the promised land.
When the National Resident Matching Program announced earlier this month that for two years running the number of U.S. medical student seniors who will train as family medicine residents rose, the clamor began: Does this indicate a trend? Will the worries about a shortage of primary care physicians be dispelled?
Thomson Reuters has released its annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance in 10 key areas.
A new study by the Rand Corporation indicates people on high-deductible health plans significantly reduce their healthcare spending - but they're also cutting back on preventive care.
Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, in Louisville, Ky., has signed a deal to outsource management of its 16-year-old hospitalist program.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will make changes in April to its Nursing Home Compare website, an online database used by consumers to compare nursing homes nationwide.
Insight Health Services, a provider of fixed-site and mobile diagnostic imaging services, emerged from Chapter 11 restructuring this week.