The 30-day hospital readmission rate for stroke patients declined by an annual average of 3.3% from 2010 to 2014, MedPage Today reported. According to national data on more than two million stroke hospital discharges,...Read More »
Certain decision support alerts built into hospital EHR systems can lower costs, readmissions, and complications for patients, according to a new study published in the...Read More »
Prime Healthcare in Ontario, California, and its founder and CEO, Dr. Prem Reddy, have agreed to pay $65 million to end a lawsuit alleging the hospital chain engaged in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare, the...Read More »
Only months after eClinicalWorks was sued for nearly $1 billion over inaccurate and unreliable data, the OIG fined the software company $132,500 for failing to report patient safety issues with its...Read More »
CMS’ 2019 OPPS proposed rule continues the agency’s efforts to enforce site-neutral payments and reduce drug payments by introducing policies to reduce reimbursement for hospital outpatient clinic visits...Read More »
