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Are the salaries of employed physicians sustainable? That depends on how health systems and physicians respond to looming rate adjustments and to meeting their collective needs. Deteriorating economics are driving physicians who originally selected entrepreneurial private practice to become…
One of the most vital strategies in the current health care environment is physician-hospital alignment. Many physicians perceive 'alignment' to be synonymous with employment, likely a result of the strategies of the 1990s, when it almost always meant physician employment. No longer is employment…
Hospitals should be able to appeal Provider Reimbursement Review Board decisions beyond the usual time limit in extraordinary circumstances, the AHA said today in a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the Supreme Court in Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center, a case involving Medicare…
Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a comprehensive toolkit focused on the prevalence and impact of adverse events, medication safety, medication reconciliation and the implementation of the electronic medical record.Over the past several years, Northwestern Memorial Hospital has addressed…
Building a culture of quality and safety in hospitals requires accomplished and courageous health care leaders: leaders who ensure care is provided systematically and who remain committed to achieving the highest levels of quality. The Comprehensive Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship, a program…
In an Oct. 17 webinar presented by Becker's Hospital Review, Scott Becker, a partner at McGuireWoods, Chicago and publisher of Becker's Hospital Review, commented on a dozen of the most pressing issues facing hospitals and health systems today. The topics discussed included:
Sandy Hausman reports on the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, a Commonwealth Fund-supported demonstration project designed to help clinics that serve low-income patients become medical homes.
The Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE C. difficile) Project
The Affordable Care Act enacts a new payment system for private health plans available to Medicare beneficiaries through the Medicare Advantage program. The system, which is being phased in through 2017, aims to 1) reduce the excess payments received by private plans relative to per capita spending…