Is this hospital too unsafe to receive Medicare payments?

A Tennessee hospital stands to lose Medicare funding if it doesn’t adequately address safety concerns by the end of this week. Read more

Dentists less likely to see Medicaid patients in an emergency

A recent study found that even dentists enrolled as providers in the Illinois Medicaid program were less likely to fit in an emergency appointment than they were for a patient with private insurance. Read more

CDC releases guide to prepare for the zombie apocalypse

No, really. They did.  Read more

iTriage

As consumers discard Yellow Pages for the convenience of smartphones, capturing the attention of mobile patients searching for healthcare information and providers has never been more critical. With iTriage, healthcare provider information goes into the hands of smartphone-toting patients on all mobile platforms at once. Providers now reach mobile users at the exact point of medical need with iTriage.

MDLinx

MDLinx is award-winning, practical tool that healthcare professionals use to stay up to date with latest research in medical field. The company aggregates medical articles and research from 1,200 journals on a daily basis. Our editors sort this content into 35 specialty sites, and 800 subspecialty sections, all available online.

More OB/GYNs refusing to see heavier patients

If you’re overweight be warned: There’s a good chance your first-choice OB/GYN will refuse to see you. Read more

Report: Understaffing led to children’s sexual abuse

Lax supervision and too few workers were the main drivers behind a series of sexual assaults at one Chicago psychiatric hospital, according to state officials.  Read more

Medicare wants back $38M it paid to emergency departments

Oops! Medicare says it wrongly paid more then $38 million in claims for outpatient emergency department  radiological services — and it wants its cash back. Read more

Medicare costs slowing — but still growing

While health care costs continue to rise, across the board those increases are happening at a much slower pace. Read more

Doc advises fighting infection with…sugar?

A doctor’s new report claims certain infections respond well to treatment with sugar. Read more

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