Category: Modern Healthcare

Rock to Recovery unleashes power of music to help rehab patients

While many addiction treatment centers offer therapeutic sessions involving painting or yoga, former Korn guitarist Wesley Geer’s Rock to Recovery puts music to work.

Small businesses, hospitals eye workplace medical clinics

Hospitals are partnering with employers to staff workplace clinics to fend off competition from third-party vendors.

A bumpy quality journey for Saint Anthony Hospital

The hospital is concentrated on hardwiring clinical processes to achieve better outcomes for patients with some measures showing significant improvement while others still remain below average.

Commentary: GPOs have long record of providing savings, value

While the challenges providers face continuously change, there is one constant: the critical role group purchasing organizations play in helping providers care for patients. Year after year, GPOs find innovative ways to help providers save money…

Athenahealth reports another dip in bookings for Q3

For the third straight quarter since Athenahealth began reporting quarterly bookings, the company booked less business than it did during the same period the year before.

New VA ban on clinicians’ union work spurs litigation threats

The Veterans Affairs Department’s decision Thursday to prohibit all medical workers from doing union work on salaried time has roiled unions.

MACPAC calls for pause on Arkansas Medicaid work requirement

MACPAC expressed concern to HHS about the number of Arkansans who have lost health coverage by failing to comply with the work requirement.

Aetna to pay $25.5 million after denying cancer treatment

An Oklahoma jury told Aetna to pay $25.5 million to a patient’s estate after the insurer denied her a certain cancer treatment.

Nearly 30 data breaches reported in October

More than 2 million people’s health data were breached in October 2018, according to the Office for Civil Rights. That’s up drastically from the same time last year.

Google hires Geisinger CEO Dr. David Feinberg

Feinberg is the latest in a series of healthcare hires by Google and parent company Alphabet. Feinberg has been CEO of Geisinger since 2015.