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Specialty hospitals more profitable than general hospitals
Amid concerns that specialty facilities cherry-pick the most profitable patients comes news that Southern Nevada's smaller specialty hospitals financially outperformed its general hospitals last
CMS, OIG to relax self-referral, anti-kickback laws with ACO waivers
To the relief of many healthcare organizations that worried about the legal barriers to forming an accountable care organization (ACO), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the
Patient experience top priority in specialist-to-specialist referrals
When choosing to whom to refer a patient, it goes without saying that doctors prioritize clinical quality, validated by new research from Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and
Health reform leaves physician-owned hospitals out in the cold
In an effort to crack down on physician self-referral to hospitals they owned, healthcare reform legislation effectively prohibits most expansion or adding of physician-owned hospitals after Dec. 31.
Senators question effectiveness of medical homes
In the health plan world--and among some policymakers--a consensus is growing that giving patients a medical home is a necessity in improving the overall effectiveness of the healthcare system. The
HHS: Part-time physician employees can accept public payments
It seems that a potentially thorny issue has been ironed out by the HHS Inspector General's office. Part-time physician employees are not violating federal anti-kickback laws by accepting wages for
