Median commercial negotiated prices were 33.7% lower at physician-owned hospitals (POH) in comparison with non-physician-owned hospitals, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. Likewise...Read More »
Whether low-risk or high-risk, obstetric patients at low-volume rural hospitals showed a higher risk for severe maternal morbidity (SMM) in comparison to rural hospitals that delivered a higher volume of babies, according to a study published in...Read More »
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) recently sent a letter to Congress addressing some of the major issues occurring in nursing homes as it relates to questions of...Read More »
On June 16, CMS announced 395 new diagnosis codes, 25 deletions, and 13 revisions for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 ICD-10-CM code set, which is finalized to take effect on October 1, 2023. CMS also updated the 2024 addendum, code...Read More »
