Health care spending increases slow — because no one can afford it
Filed under: Healthcare Finance, In this week's e-newsletter, Insurance, Latest News & Views, Medicare & Medicaid News
It was a second year of slower spending on health care. That’s not because services are more affordable, though. Read more
Verdict: Fall prevention efforts aren’t working
Filed under: Communication, Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Patient/Client Communication
Hospitals’ efforts to keep at-risk patients from falling may be for naught: New research indicates that most falls aren’t preventable. Read more
Top 10 U.S. health systems — is yours on the list?
Filed under: Communication, Health care/Treatment trends, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Patient/Client Communication
Is your hospital part of the Top 10 health care systems in the U.S.? Read on to find out. Read more
Is this hospital too unsafe to receive Medicare payments?
Filed under: Healthcare Finance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Insurance, Latest News & Views, Medicare & Medicaid News, Patient/Client Communication
A Tennessee hospital stands to lose Medicare funding if it doesn’t adequately address safety concerns by the end of this week. Read more
Medicare wants back $38M it paid to emergency departments
Filed under: Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Medicare & Medicaid News
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
Everything from dust to bone residue cited in hospital’s health inspection
Filed under: Communication, Ethics, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Practice Management
An inspection triggered by a former employee’s complaint led to several citations of one hospital system’s infection control and cleaning procedures. Read more
Report: Your security isn’t as tight as you think it is
Filed under: Communication, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Healthcare Technology News, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Practice Management
A new survey indicates many health care organizations may have an inflated sense of how well protected their IT systems are. Read more
Are nursing home patients being drugged into submission?
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Health care/Treatment trends, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Medicare & Medicaid News
New research shows that nearly a fifth of seniors in nursing homes are receiving psychotropics they don’t need. In some states, that number is much higher. Read more
Report: Health care spending rate increases faster than rest of economy — again
Filed under: Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Reform News, In this week's e-newsletter, Insurance, Latest News & Views, Medicare & Medicaid News
It’s no surprise to hear that health care is an increasingly large part of the U.S. economy. But the most recent estimates from CMS drive home just how much health care is outpacing other industries. Read more
IRS to bite off 3% of your payments
Filed under: Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, Practice Management, Special Report
Hospitals and practices are likely to see Medicare reimbursements shaved by 3% starting in 2012. And there’s not much you can do about it. Read more