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The Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment, which advises the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the appropriate level of supervision for hospital outpatient therapeutic services, will hold its next public meeting March 14-15 in Baltimore. Presentations for consideration…
The AHA today awarded its 2015 Shirley Ann Munroe Leadership Award to Vince Oliver, CEO and superintendent of Island Hospital in Anacortes, WA. The award recognizes small or rural hospital leaders who have improved health care delivery in their communities through innovative and progressive efforts…
Island Hospital, a 43-bed county hospital in rural Anacortes, Wash., (population 16,000) is a healthy hospital building a healthier community. But there were lean times before Vince Oliver came on board as its president and CEO in 2000.
Hospitals are making “substantial progress in improving safety,” according to a Dec. 1 report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that found a 17% decline in hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) from 2010 to 2014. That translates to 87,000 lives saved and nearly $20…
Hospitals are making “substantial progress in improving safety,” according to a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that found a 17% decline in hospital-acquired conditions from 2010 to 2014. That translates to 87,000 lives saved and nearly $20 billion in health care…
The White House today released a federal action plan to accompany its updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States. The strategy sets four goals: reducing new HIV infections; increasing access to care and improving health outcomes for people living with HIV; reducing HIV-related…
Children’s Health Insurance Program plans and qualified health plans sold in the Health Insurance Marketplaces offer beneficiaries different levels of financial protection and benefits, according to a new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The number of new cases of diabetes diagnosed in the U.S. declined significantly from 2009 to 2014 after steadily rising for 25 years, according to new data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. recorded 1.4 million new cases in 2014, down from 1.7 million…
Six organizations representing Missouri health care providers are urging their members to adopt a core set of actions to reduce variation in opioid prescribing practices. The 10 recommended strategies can be adopted as a stand-alone policy or in addition to existing strategies. “Missouri…
2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center (CAMC) Health System began its Baldrige journey 15 years ago, because it “had an absolute obligation to our community to be the best we could possibly be,” says CAMC President and CEO David Ramsey…