Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for June 23, 2014.
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"Emergencies are not limited to inpatient-only [facilities]."
The call to embrace risk sharing and alternative payment models in healthcare is growing louder, but can these alternative models work in practice?
Nearly half — 44 percent — of rural areas in the United States are experiencing a shortage of primary care practitioners, according to a panel of physicians at Rural Health Journalism 2014 covered by the Association of Health Care Journalists.
More than 8 million people have purchased health insurance plans through state-based and federally facilitated exchanges, and with only one in 10 people in the U.S. having a proficient level of health literacy, many of the individuals who have purchased…
A new study from KMPG, an audit, tax and advisory services firm, has found 49 percent of healthcare managers from hospitals, health systems and large physician groups expect value-based contracts to negatively affect profits.
As health insurers file their proposed 2015 rates, premiums for health plans offered through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges have become the focus of a number of news stories and reports.
Here are seven key findings on breaches of unsecured protected health information for 2011 and 2012, according to HHS' most recent data breach report to Congress.
The following is a roundup of medical malpractice stories that have been reported within the last three months, beginning with the most recent.
With courts across the country considering whether their states should have noneconomic damages caps in place, and if so, what the ceiling on those damages amounts should be, the awards in medical malpractice cases could be significantly affected.