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SSM Health Care, Walgreens' Healthcare Clinics work together
Patients who visit Walgreens' healthcare clinics will be able to allow the pharmacy retailer to share health information with SSM physicians.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 21, 2013 -
Hospitals fight to reduce pressure ulcers
Hospitals no longer see pressure ulcers as a routine complication.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 21, 2013 -
Explore the Trendline➔
Yujin Kim/Healthcare Dive
TrendlinePayer/provider relationships
As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.
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Consumers fear lower-cost care is worse care
Lower-cost providers will need to show quality ratings alongside prices to demonstrate that they offer good, safe care.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 20, 2013 -
Safety net, public hospitals dinged by quality-based payment programs
Public and safety-net hospitals, especially those getting the highest DSH payments, were penalized for not meeting all of the standards set by CMS' program.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 20, 2013 -
Nurses object to physicians setting pay for teams
Nurses say that having physicians decide how care teams are paid is "anti-competitive."
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 20, 2013 -
Cigna does ACO deal with University Hospitals
The deal with Cigna will include about 10,000 Cigna members who get care from University Hospitals' approximately 1,500 employed physicians.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 19, 2013 -
Physician executive pay growth slows a bit
Physician executive pay climbed 7% between 2010 and 2012, a slower rate than seen in previous years.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 19, 2013 -
CT hospitals use surveillance video to avoid patient falls
During the first year of one hospital's video surveillance program, monitored rooms experienced just one fall.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 18, 2013 -
Healthcare jobs show fastest growth rate
Personal care aides and home health aides are expected to be the fastest-growing job fields in all industries between now and 2017.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 18, 2013 -
AHA: Hospitals can pay health exchange premiums
Despite a discouraging letter from CMS, federal regulations "clearly" allow for hospitals to pay, AHA contends.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 18, 2013 -
Medicaid beneficiaries remain ED users
High ED use rates by the Medicaid-insured may reflect higher rates of disability and chronic conditions.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 15, 2013 -
Nearly 1,500 hospitals get lower reimbursement under Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Program
Some hospitals were able to go from losing last year to getting ahead this year.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 15, 2013 -
Sepsis mortality rates are falling
A study suggests that better care can lower sepsis mortality as much as a new drug would.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 14, 2013 -
$7.6B acquisition of HMA moves closer to completion
The deal was set to move ahead when stockholder Glenview Capital Management agreed to proceed.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 14, 2013 -
Hospital reduces readmissions by closing care continuum gaps
Memorial Hermann has improved communication among providers and follow through of patients.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 14, 2013 -
Growing numbers of patients leaving hospital AMA
Self-pay patients in particular are often inclined to leave against medical advice.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 13, 2013 -
Nearly one-third of Americans would buy from health plans run by hospitals, health systems
A survey found that almost 20% of respondents think hospital-sponsored plans would offer higher care quality.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 12, 2013 -
Report: Healthcare industry has high workplace injury rates
Only outdoor professions like commercial logging and fishing have higher rates.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 12, 2013 -
Software ups Adventist's cash by $2.2M
A California health system expects to double or even triple collections going forward thanks to a point of care collections system.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 11, 2013 -
Hospital closures may leave large underserved areas
Hospital and clinic closures are becoming more common, due to both social and financial reasons, and may leave some areas with no services.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 11, 2013 -
A look at the bedside care team of the future
An AHA white paper predicts that future bedside care teams will be smaller, more agile, and more family-friendly.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 11, 2013 -
Disproportionate share cuts threaten safety-net hospitals
Cuts to disproportionate share payments will undermine the ability of safety-net hospitals to help the poor, officials say.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 11, 2013 -
Hospitals confront compounding pharmacy safety concerns
Drugs released by one compounding pharmacy recently lead to the deaths of five dozen patients.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 11, 2013 -
Union challenges salaries, prices at California nonprofit hospitals
The ballot initiative would cap nonprofit hospital exec salaries at $450,000 per year.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 9, 2013 -
Medicare to begin rejecting claims without provider number
The denials will affect primarily hospitals and home health agencies enrolled as DME suppliers.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 8, 2013
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