Apr. 13—Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Hospitals in this state have been unable to solve the problem of boarding, which extends stays for patients due to the lack of post-release services.

Cigna will not cover MRIs and CT scans performed in a hospital setting if they don’t meet new medical necessity requirements, according to a policy that took effect Aug. 1. Other commercial insurers, ...

Variation in Medicare payments across ambulatory settings has led to concerns about unnecessary spending and incentives to deliver care in more highly reimbursed settings. Across all settings, ...

At a hospital, innovation is more about doing something in a new way than adopting new technology, this CMO says. The new CMO of Boca Raton Regional Hospital has extensive experience in promoting ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Congress is staring down a fast-approaching Sept. 30 government funding deadline. For hospitals and health systems, the outcome could shape years of strategy and operations. House Republicans are ...

Managing patients with Parkinson's disease should be viewed as part of a hospital CMO's responsibility for patient safety and quality, says this healthcare leader. These risks are medication ...

A new consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association provides advice on the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems in hospital settings, based in part on data collected during ...

Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-Louisiana, and Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, published a policy paper advocating to impose site-neutral Medicare payments on hospitals. The lawmakers argue that ...