by Ilene MacDonald | FierceHealthcare Dec 19, 2016 11:08am Although inpatient stays have decreased since Medicare established the two-midnight rule, a new Office of Inspector General report finds several weaknesses remain in the policy. The report (PDF) states that the Centers [...]
by Paige Minemyer | FierceHealthcare Dec 19, 2016 10:34am More than 60% of reporting hospitals had excessive rates of cesarean section, according to the Leapfrog Group, but there are steps that they can take to reduce them. Leah Binder, CEO of [...]
by Judy Mottl | FierceHealthcare Jan 12, 2017 9:05am Mobile apps are ubiquitous in wellness and healthcare, driven by consumers eager for healthcare information at their fingertips. Hospitals, health systems and health insurance companies have embraced them as a way to [...]
by Gienna Shaw | FierceHealthcare Jan 13, 2017 12:03pm The FDA dug into some of the details of its final guidance on medical device security in a webinar yesterday, explaining the organization’s approach to cybersecurity and risk assessment. The agency published [...]
by Susan D. Hall | FierceHealthcare Jan 10, 2017 1:44pm From Pepper, the emotional interactive robot, to the new da Vinci Xi Integrated Table Motion to pipeline vaccines, ECRI Institute highlights 10 healthcare technologies C-suiters should keep an eye on in [...]
by Joanne Finnegan | FierceHealthcare Jan 19, 2017 12:00pm Most physicians charge more than the Medicare program pays for their services, but there’s a wide variation among specialties and regions, a new study has found. The study, published in JAMA, found [...]
by Joanne Finnegan | FierceHealthcare Jan 20, 2017 10:09am Oops. A pilot project focused on providing home-based primary care services to patients with chronic conditions didn’t save as much money as originally thought, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...]
by Joanne Finnegan | FierceHealthcare Jan 20, 2017 12:00pm A couple of veteran techies have launched a primary care practice with a patient experience that's reminiscent of visiting an Apple store—or the set of a sci-fi movie. The Forward clinic was [...]
by Ilene MacDonald | FierceHealthcare Jan 20, 2017 10:59am Scientists worry that reports President Donald Trump may establish a panel on vaccine safety headed by longtime vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could cause some people to refuse protective immunizations, leading [...]
by Paige Minemyer | FierceHealthcare Jan 17, 2017 1:23pm As Tom Frieden, M.D., winds down his final days as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he said that future administrations should work to establish an emergency response fund [...]