Government & Policy

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.

The small percentage of hospitals already tapping into the CMS PROs are tracking chronic care management, surgical interventions, mental health and cancer treatments, the company found. And there is evidence more healthcare entities will get in the game in the future.  

The U-M School of Public Health will collaborate with Vanderbilt University’s Data and Research Support Center to organize and analyze data for the effort. 

The highlights of what candidates and their supporters said during the Republican and Democratic national conventions. 

The regulation as it stands today is confusing. Don’t panic. Crush it instead. Experts share tips on how to make that happen.