The AHA, the Association of American Medical Colleges, Mercy Health Muskegon, Olympic Medical Center, and York Hospital sued the Trump administration last week over...Read More »
In FY 2018, 57% of hospitals earned Medicare incentive payments under the Hospital Value-based Purchasing Program. In FY 2019, that number will decline to 55%, or roughly 1,550 hospitals.Read More »
Among patients ages 65 years and older, the rate of opioid-related hospitalizations increased more than the rate of non-opioid-related hospitalizations between 2010 and 2015.Read More »
Harvard University researchers examined U.S. News & World’s Report’s list of the top 50 hospitals for cardiovascular care and found that, yes, indeed, they had lower 30-day mortality rates for heart attack, heart failure, and CABG, along with higher patient satisfaction ratings when compared...Read More »
U.S. News & World Report plans to stop using PSIs as a metric, no longer factoring those measures into its specialty rankings of the nation’s best hospitals.Read More »
According to recently released documents from the lawyers involved in the case (available via pacer.gov), the United States declined to intervene in the case and the allegations will likely be dismissed on January 14, 2019.Read More »
