Government & Policy

Health officials said Zika must have been contracted out-of-state, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called the virus unprecedented. 

OCR found the Illinois-based health system failed to conduct a thorough risk assessment and limit physical access to electronic health systems, among other infractions.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is also decreasing uncompensated care payments by $400 million during the next fiscal year. 

Government guidance and best practices will only get hospitals so far. Both value-based care and population health require a stronger-than-ever orientation toward teamwork and that includes patients as well as communities.

Participants include volunteers at three sites within the United States, including the NIH Clinical Center in Maryland.

The federal government will punish 2,597 hospitals during the next year for having patients return within 30 days and while that number is similar to last year, the average cost of each penalty will be 20 percent more, according to a new analysis.

Health and Human Services preparedness response unit awarded $37.2 million toward work on diagnostics and vaccines, including $5.1 million to InBios for a two-year contract to develop a serological test that could reduce result time from days to hours.

HIMSS Analytics' eighth annual study sees room for more turnover as practices look for partners to help with clinical practice improvement activities.

At the Disabled Veterans Convention in Atlanta the President eschewed ‘radical’ proposals alluded to by Donald Trump and touted the improvements made in VA healthcare.

CMS innovation model aimed at as many as 5,000 primary care practices of all sizes, including small, independent and rural facilities.