Customer satisfaction with hospitals fell 5 percent in the first quarter of the year, dragged down by a 12 percent decline in satisfaction with EDs, according to a release by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index.
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Movement toward bundled payments and accountable care organizations could give hospitals and healthcare providers the upper hand when negotiating medical implant prices, shifting the current climate for providers when dealing with medical device manufacturers, according to a report in the…
Errors by hospital coders affect accurate nonpayment by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for catheter-associated hospital acquired infections, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan.
Riverdale, Ga.-based Southern Regional Health System's financial troubles continue as Moody's Investment Service downgraded the hospital's bond rating to "junk" status, highlighting weak financial performance since 2007, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Loyola University surgeon P. Marco Fisichella, MD, is performing laparoscopic hernia surgery at the Maywood, Ill.-based facility, which has helped patients recover quicker and with less pain than traditional methods, according to a Loyola news release.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class I recall of GE Healthcare's Aisys and Avance Anesthesia systems, due to a defect in control board wiring harnesses, which can cause the machine to unexpectedly shut down, terminating ventilation,…
Andrew VanZee has been appointed as Indiana's first coordinator for overseeing statewide efforts to convert state hospital and clinics from paper medical records to electronic ones, according to an Associated Press report in the Indianapolis Star.
Many areas of the country that had low healthcare spending have been showing a sharp increase in the number of procedures and tests following introduction of new ASCs, cancer treatment centers and diagnostic technology, according to a report by the…
Nine hospitals in seven states have agreed to pay the United States more than $9.4 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare related to kyphoplasty procedures performed between 2000 and 2008, according to a U.S. Department…
Florence, S.C.-based Paincare Associates, whose model is now being used at five pain clinic locations, recently advertised its franchise opportunities in the Wall Street Journal.