Publication: FierceHealthcare

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Berwick: CFOs must lead change to a better healthcare system

p>Don Berwick, M.D., former administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, charged healthcare financial leaders with navigating change to achieve a "triple aim" healthcare system that offers better care, better health and better costs, ... [Published FierceHealthcare - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Donald Berwick, Health Care, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Financial Management

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Quality penalties to slam high-intensity teaching hospitals

p>Hospitals with significant physician-training programs are poised to take a major hit from new payment models that penalize hospitals for readmissions, a new study suggests. read more ... [Published FierceHealthcare - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Teaching

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Hospital prices hold steady in May

p>Overall hospital prices remained unchanged in May and increased 1.8 percent from May 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Indices. read more ... [Published FierceHealthcare - 7 hours ago]

Entities: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Index

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Hospital exec bonuses reward volume over value

p>If money talks in the world of executive compensation, then nonprofit hospitals aren't putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to rewarding healthcare transformation over volume, according to a new report by Kaiser Health News and ... [Published FierceHealthcare - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Health Care

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

American Medical Association

AMA addresses care for dual-eligibles, promotes med school innovation

p>There's a lot of news coming out of the American Medical Association, which voted yesterday during its annual meeting to adopt several new policies. read more ... [Published FierceHealthcare - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Invention, American Medical Association

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Ex-health center CEO sentenced in $6M embezzlement

p>The former CEO of Miami Beach Community Health Center was sentenced to 42 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for embezzling millions of dollars from the federally qualified health center. read more ... [Published FierceHealthcare - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Embezzlement, Supervised Release, prison

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Fitch Ratings

Children's hospitals financially outperform acute care hospitals

p>Standalone not-for-profit children's hospitals are outperforming nonprofit acute care hospitals financially, according to a new Fitch Ratings report. read more ... [Published FierceHealthcare - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Fitch Ratings

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Post-acute payment reform draws AHA ire

p>The American Hospital Association on Friday urged the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee to reject Medicare payment reforms that would further cut payments to long-term care hospital, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skill nursing facilities ... [Published FierceHealthcare - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Anger, American Hospital Association, Rehabilitation

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Fed officials caution against discriminatory med school admissions

p>The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Department of Justice and Department of Education are warning U.S. medical schools, nursing schools, dental schools and other health-related schools about hepatitis B discrimination in enrollment decisions, ... [Published FierceHealthcare - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Discriminatory, Admission, US Department of Health

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Hospital tax moves forward in New Jersey

p>A New Jersey senate committee approved a bill that would enable local and county officials in seven communities to impose a five-year tax on hospitals that treat mostly low-income patients, reported The Star-Ledger. read more ... [Published FierceHealthcare - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Patient

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

U.S. could learn from U.K's commitment to universal care

p>The United States should consider universal health coverage as a strategic advantage to improve patient care and turn to the United Kingdom for inspiration, according to an opinion piece published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine. ... [Published FierceHealthcare - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: United States, Strategic Advantage, United Kingdom

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Malpractice reform key to reducing costs of defensive medicine

p>Instead of an arbitrary cap on the amount of damages that may be awarded in malpractice suits, the Center for American Progress proposes reforming medical malpractice policies to protect physicians and reduce the cost of defensive medicine. read ... [Published FierceHealthcare - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: MALPRACTICE, Center for American Progress, Reformism

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Hospital exec bonuses reward volume over value [Published FierceHealthcare - 7 hours ago]
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