Tag: joint
Getting the price right: Hospitals target variation in joint replacement
HonorHealth saved $ 1.5 million when it renegotiated prices for knee and hip implants. Hospitals nationwide are looking for ways to eliminate cost...
Adventist Health, St. Joseph Health sign definitive agreement for Northern California...
Spokesperson says the details are still being worked out about physical locations or shared access to care services and they hope to finalize the...
House committee probing CMS, Joint Commission over accreditation process
At issue are discrepancies between state survey agencies and CMS-approved accrediting organizations, such as the Joint Commission.
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Healthcare mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures in 2018: Running list
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Bundled-payment joint replacement programs winning over surgeons
Administrators and physicians involved in the CMS' bundled-payment programs for total joint replacement say they're impressed with how the programs have engaged physicians to...
Rural patient access at the heart of Carolinas HealthCare-UNC HealthCare joint...
The two North Carolina healthcare systems' joint venture will create a massive provider with $ 14 billion in annual revenue and will focus...
CMS to waive restrictions to reimburse for telemedicine in the joint...
However, new research shows e-visits trigger an increase in office visits and phone consults, reduce the number of new patients and offer no noticeable...
CMS cancels mandatory episode payment models, cuts participation in joint replacement...
The episode payment models and the cardiac rehab incentive models were designed as mandatory payment models to test the effects of bundling cardiac and...