Access to high-quality healthcare is a struggle for many rural Americans, according to a recent report published by UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on healthcare access and quality.
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A whistleblower lawsuit in which the government has chosen not to intervene claims Denver-based DaVita, a kidney dialysis company, used larger than necessary vials of medicine knowing that Medicare would pay for the unused portion if it were deemed “unavoidable…
In the past year, New Jersey has recovered more than $116 million believed to have been fraudulently billed to the state Medicaid program, according to a Forbes report. The state’s rate of Medicaid fraud has increased, as it found nearly…
Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be…
Hospitals are beginning to rethink to how palliative care can be incorporated into the delivery of healthcare, according to a Washington Post news report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on palliative care.
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Hospitals around the country are implementing a wide variety of measures to reduce the number of unnecessary hospital readmissions.
Robotic gynecologic surgery can deliver distinct advantages over traditional methods of minimally invasive surgery, according to a report written by Albert T. Domingo, MS, MD, in MD News.
Memphis urologists addressed myths about vasectomies in a recent Commercial Appeal report.
Pulmonary embolisms are a common risk associated with hip and knee replacement procedures, and the risk is still relatively high even after patients are treated with blood thinners prior to and immediately following joint replacement surgery, according to a news…
Protesters have been picketing a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., pain clinic, claiming it is a pill mill that is responsible for the death of a 57-year-old nurse from a prescription drug overdose, according to a report by the Sun Sentinel.