Research findings suggest that critical access hospitals, compared to their counterparts, featured fewer clinical capabilities and worse performance on quality measures, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Advocates and policy experts say state health insurance exchanges are not being set up fast enough to meet the 2014 deadline set by the healthcare reform law, according to a The Hill report.
Stephen P. Long, MD, associate professor of anesthesiology at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been appointed to the governing board of the University of Virginia.
Former medical laboratory executives have filed a lawsuit against Quest Diagnostics, accusing the Madison, N.J.-based company of overcharging the federal government by more than $1 billion, according to a news release from Fair Laboratory Practices Associates. FLPA filed the suit…
Epidural catheters can be removed safely despite international normalized ratios higher than 1.4 during the initiation of warfarin therapy, according to a study reported in Anesthesiology News.
Gay couples who decide to marry and benefit in New York will also benefit from the ability to add a spouse to an employer's health plan, according to a New York Times report.
Nevada workers are foregoing coverage as employers choose to pay a smaller percentage of their workers' health insurance premiums, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal report.
Medicare has launched a national public outreach campaign to raise awareness about the preventive benefits now covered at no charge to patients, including the new Annual Wellness Visit benefit created by the Affordable Care Act, according to a CMS release.
Chris Bishop, senior vice president, acquisitions and business development for Blue Chip Surgical Partners, discusses profitability and clinical efficacy of spine in ambulatory surgery centers.
The Royal College of Physicians, based in London, has published a free, downloadable toolkit focusing on patient handovers.