Healthcare Economics and the Quality of Care
Many of us have been there: thirty minutes after our scheduled appointment time, you are still sitting in the waiting room – maybe even an …
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Nursing Home Data is Vulnerable to Online Hacking
Nursing homes were created to care for our loved ones in their time of need, monitoring and managing their physical, mental and emotional wellness via …
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Shortage of Doctors Leads to “Team” Practices
Many physician practices around the country are moving toward team-based care in response to continuously shrinking numbers of primary care physicians. The combination of chronic …
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Survey Suggests Quality of Care Concerns
A recent Harris poll suggests that healthcare consumers are growing more concerned about the quality of care they receive from nurses in the wake of the Affordable …
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ACA Enrollment Deadline Extended
With recent poll results showing that nearly two-thirds of Americans were unaware of the ACA’s March 31 deadline to sign up for health insurance, it is hardly …
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U.S. Senate Passes Protecting Access to Medicare Act
The United States Senate passed HR 4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act, by a 64-35 vote on Monday. The bill is en route to President …
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AMN Healthcare Reports Modest First Quarter Growth Despite Revenue Drop
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. released their financial results for the first quarter of the year yesterday. Despite bringing in lower revenue than the same quarter last year, …
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Dramatic Increase in Healthcare Spending for Q1 in 2014
Preliminary economic reports indicate that despite slow overall growth during the first quarter, healthcare spending increased by 9.9 percent – the highest level since 1980. The Bureau …
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Community Health Centers May Suffer in Medicaid Opt-Out States
Community health centers and their patients will suffer from a double whammy in states that refused Medicaid expansion, according to a study by RCHN. Federally-funded community …
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