Keck Medicine of USC CEO Thomas Jackiewicz is positioning the organization to take on bundled payments, as well as to acquire new hospitals.
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Using remote surveillance, interventions to treat sepsis patients early
WellSpan Health has achieved an 85% compliance rate for CMS’ sepsis treatment bundle largely because of a remote team of nurses who surveil patients’ vital signs and sepsis alerts from the EHR.
Commentary: It’s time for a 21st century Hill-Burton plan, not to build hospitals but to re-invent healthcare
Healthcare leaders know that the world is changing, and that they should refocus and become a force for health creation and preservation in their communities. But they need incentives to make the change.
FDA sends lab monkeys into retirement after outcry
More than two dozen former FDA lab monkeys have found a new home at a Florida primate sanctuary after their use in nicotine experiments inspired protests.
Insurers want to lead if CMS pilots payments for housing, social determinants of health
Insurance industry officials want the CMS to give them a leading role in any pilot progams allowing the feds to pay for housing and similar social needs of patients.
Judge strikes down ACA as unconstitutional
A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional, ruling that the law’s individual mandate could not be severed from the rest of President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law.
Revised U.S. organ transplant policy probed by senators
Two senators told HHS Secretary Alex Azar they disagree with the recent overhaul of U.S. organ transplant policy, the first sign that Congress is interested in getting involved in the issue.
Don Berwick: Hospitals should focus more on health, less on reimbursement
At the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 30th annual conference in Orlando, social determinants of health were the central theme in several keynote speeches and presentations. Healthcare leaders like Dr. Don Berwick called on providers to make…
Battle between Molinas forces thousands to switch doctors
Molina Healthcare is kicking former CEO Dr. J. Mario Molina’s medical practice out of its network, forcing roughly 78,000 patients to either find new doctors or switch health plans to keep their current ones.
Brightpoint Health and HRHCare merger creates New York’s largest network of FQHCs
Brightpoint Health and HRHCare have received all the needed regulatory approvals to merge, creating what they say is the largest network of federally qualified health centers in the state of New York.
