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The health care and social-assistance sector has been rapidly growing in recent years and is expected to generate the largest number of jobs, a total of 5.6 million, and grow at an annual rate of 3%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is the most dramatic growth of any sector in the country,…
By Marty Stempniak for Hospital & Health Networks The explosion of retail clinics worries some traditional health care providers. But clinic leaders say far from competing with hospitals are physicians, they’re helping to build a care continuum. Framing the issue The number of retail health clinics could double to 2,400 locations in the next three…
Americans who sign up for insurance on the state exchanges may not have access to the nation’s top hospitals, Watchdog.org reports. By Tori Richards for Watchdog.org The Obama Administration has been claiming that insurance companies will be competing for your dollars under the Affordable Care Act, but apparently they haven’t surveyed the nation’s top hospitals.…
By Erin McCann for Healthcare IT News ‘There really wasn’t any support from management on what was going on.’ The 24-hospital Sutter Health system in Northern California was the talk of the town late August after a software glitch rendered its $1 billion Epic electronic health record system inaccessible to nurses and clinical staff throughout…
By Tammy Worth for Healthcare Finance News Hospitals must strategize now to keep their revenue cycle from stalling The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has recommended that hospitals start testing for ICD-10 in 2013, but so far, many hospitals have not heeded that recommendation. That mistake could ultimately hit hospitals in the wallet. Business…
News Release at HHS.gov Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Affinity Health Plan, Inc. will settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules for $1,215,780. Affinity Health Plan is a not-for-profit managed care plan serving the New York…
By Marie McCullough for philly.com Anyone who has been in the work world for a while knows that now and then, tempers flare and civility suffers. But what if you were subjected to nastiness – insults, yelling, cursing, condescension, humiliating jokes, the cold shoulder – on a constant basis? Assessing the frequency and impact of…
By Elizabeth S. Roop for For The Record Two case studies shed light on the issues to consider before making a purchasing decision. As the transition to ICD-10 edges closer, hospitals are being bombarded with information on how computer-assisted coding (CAC) can ease the process. Conference exhibits, sales calls, and direct mail campaigns can make…
Written by Molly Gamble for Becker’s Hospital Review It’s been said that there are three types of people in the world: the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive. The same could be said for organizations, particularly in healthcare. There are hospitals that will cling to the ways of the past. There are also organizations that…
By Matthew Weinstock | Data By Suzanna Hoppszallern for H&HN Magazine Many of the nation’s hospitals and health systems have made progress laying the building blocks for creating robust clinical information technology systems. Now comes the heavy lifting as they look to connect the care continuum, protect patient records in an increasingly mobile world and…