Median commercial negotiated prices were 33.7% lower at physician-owned hospitals (POH) in comparison with non-physician-owned hospitals, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. Likewise...Read More »
Whether low-risk or high-risk, obstetric patients at low-volume rural hospitals showed a higher risk for severe maternal morbidity (SMM) in comparison to rural hospitals that delivered a higher volume of babies, according to a study published in...Read More »
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) recently sent a letter to Congress addressing some of the major issues occurring in nursing homes as it relates to questions of...Read More »
On June 16, CMS announced 395 new diagnosis codes, 25 deletions, and 13 revisions for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 ICD-10-CM code set, which is finalized to take effect on October 1, 2023. CMS also updated the 2024 addendum, code...Read More »
A new report conducted by the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics has suggested that overpayments to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans could exceed $75 billion this year, ...Read More »
The “Saving Limbs, Saving Lives” (SL2) project, recently announced by the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), aims to reduce the number of leg amputations in the United States through providing access to a number of digital health tools....Read More »
From 2012 to 2019, the mean operating profits for nonprofit hospitals grew from $43 million to 58.9 million, according to a new study published by Health Affairs. During this time, the mean cash reserve...Read More »
