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Medicare is reducing payments to 721 hospitals with high rates of infections or other medical complications. About 1,400 hospitals, including all in Maryland, are excluded from the program and Medicare did not assess their rates of patient harm.
Medicare is penalizing 721 hospitals with high rates of potentially avoidable mistakes that can harm patients, known as "hospital-acquired conditions." Penalized hospitals will have their Medicare payments reduced by 1 percent over the fiscal year that runs from October 2014 through September 2015. To determine penalties, Medicare evaluated three types of HACs. One is central-line associated bloodstream infections, or CLABSIs. The second is catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTIs. The final one, Serious Complications, is based on eight types of injuries, including blood clots, bed sores and falls. Here are the hospitals that are being penalized:
Smart shoppers will dig deep to find out if their family coverage has one deductible for the whole family or separate 鈥渆mbedded鈥 deductibles for each family member. The answer could make a big difference in your out-of-pocket costs.
The 1 percent penalty, mandated by the health law, will hit one of every seven hospitals in the country and fall particularly hard on academic medical centers.
A 50-state analysis details incidence rates of mental illness and access to care across the country.
Evidence shows hospice care can extend life and save money, but only if patients and doctors dare ask for the help. One New Yorker said hospice gave her back a normal life 鈥 at peace, pain subdued.
The federal government has invested $15 million in a North Carolina experiment that gives community pharmacists a new role in patient care.
The recent death of Joan Rivers, who suffered cardiac arrest at a center in New York, highlights some of the concerns among consumer advocates.
Although egg freezing is the perk du jour at some high profile companies, too often such options are not available, even for women with serious illnesses such as cancer.
New nano-meds, miniscule robots embedded in a pill, send signals to an external monitor to record each new medication as it slides through the digestive tract. This will be especially useful for older people, who may not be able to keep track of a panoply of medicines.
Small employers are canceling medical plans and leaving workers to buy insurance through the law鈥檚 online marketplaces 鈥 sometimes to everyone鈥檚 benefit.
For centuries, the central challenge in health care was ignorance. Now, health care is being flooded with information. But commerce and medicine are still trying to figure out what do with all that data.
For-profit carriers complain the upstarts have an unfair edge because of low-interest federal loans.
Almost all large employers offer at least one wellness plan, but studies showing these efforts really save money are scarce.
Medical-legal partnerships in New York and Los Angeles help some unaccompanied minors navigate immigration hearings.
Surging contracts related to the Affordable Care Act have helped make the Department of Health and Human Services a fount of revenue for private business.
The Affordable Care Act and related programs have helped make the Department of Health and Human Services the No. 3 federal agency for outsourcing work to private business, after the Pentagon and the Energy Department.
Even with insurance, high deductibles can put care out of reach.
People who bought coverage on healthcare.gov for this year could likely find cheaper premiums if they shop again.
The report credits slower growth in spending for private health insurance, Medicare, hospitals, physicians and clinical services.
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