As the number of overdoses linked to the potent painkiller fentanyl has grown over the past two days to 48, nearly two weeks after the first reports of such overdoses began popping up in the Sacramento region, the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services reported Wednesday. No additional deaths have been reported, leaving… Read More
Once touted as a way to save money for the healthcare system, a study published in Health Affairs by the RAND Corporation indicates that these clinics may actually increase costs without providing any additional value to the system. In the last decade these clinics have proliferated across United States and their estimates there are approximately… Read More
Sutter Health is taking an interesting approach and utilizing its market share to possibly force employers into arbitration clauses and protect its market strength. Sutter Health has hospitals in more than 100 communities in Northern California; it reported $11 billion in revenue last year, with an operating profit of $287 million. Sutter Health, a large… Read More
TULARE HOSPITAL BOARD DISCHARGES ENTIRE MEDICAL STAFF OF 135: UPDATE Dave Adalian Following the publication of the article “Tulare Hospital Board Discharges Entire Medical Staff of 135,” the Valley Voice was contacted by a publicity firm and attorneys representing Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) and Health Care Conglomerate Associates to raise objections to facts… Read More
The results are out: 3% winners and 97% losers in the first go around on Medicare bonuses for the Value-Based Payment Modifier (VBM) program in 2014. No one knew what exactly to expect when the instituted the VBM program but no one expected these lopsided results and clearly now it appears these results are like a… Read More
5.8 Million people in the U.S. suffer from CHF and this accounts for over 1 million hospitalizations a year. Rehospitalization rates approach 30% at 90 days. The costs to treat heart failure are over $37 Billion a year. The majority of the costs of heart failure come from hospitalizations and repeat hospitalizations. Hospitalizations account for… Read More
Whereas not many years ago, it was thought impossible to fly an airplane on biofuels, United flew a jet light from SFO to LAX using biofuels. This March 11,2016 San Francisco Chronicle article talks about how biofuels are a way the airlines can deal with climate change and are a potential hedge against high oil… Read More
In order to simplify and make more uniform emergency department triage, the ESI acuity scale was developed. ESI has become very popular because it has been validated for interrater and inter-institution reliability and is even endorsed as a best practice by AHRQ ( the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality). Dr. Wiler and others… Read More
It was just a matter of time before insurance companies passed on their ACA losses to physicians. I mark is just the first insurance company to announce that they will cut physician pay by 4.5% to help mitigate their losses from the Obamacare plans. As multiple insurance companies have announced that they suffered significant losses… Read More
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