HealthLeadersMedia | December 13 - Most hospitals lose money on Medicare. It typically only reimburses 85% to 90% of costs, and it usually takes cost shifting to private plans for a hospital to stay in the black. The equation looks like this: Take the (hopefully) positive...
AuntMinnie.com | December 14 - Emergency department (ED) patients with abdominal pain are far more confident in their diagnosis when a CT scan is used as part of their workup, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine. However, the patients knew surprisingly little about...
ModernHealthcare | December 13 - All eyes moved to the U.S. Supreme Court following a Virginia-based federal judge's decision that Congress lacks constitutional authority to force Americans to purchase health insurance.
Both sides in the case and even U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in his ruling...
Diagnostic Imaging | December 13 - As new approaches to health information technology and evidence-based medicine affect payment methodologies, it’s time for radiologists to rethink their clinical practices and business strategies. Radiology will be affected not only because it reaches across the full spectrum of healthcare...
The Washington Post | December 12 - He seemed like Superman, able to guide jumbo jets through perilous skies and tiny tubes through blocked arteries. As a cardiologist and United Airlines captain, William Hamman taught doctors and pilots ways to keep hearts and planes from...
