Staff at outpatient care facilities may need to brush up on hygiene basics, as a new study found a failure to follow recommendations for hand hygiene in 37 percent of observations.

CMS has unveiled a far-reaching multi-payer initiative that could have major implications for how primary care is delivered and reimbursed, affecting as many as 5,000 practices, 20,000 doctors and clinicians and 25 million patients.

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its Platinum sponsorship with Becker’s Healthcare, Zotec Partners (Zotec), a leading provider of revenue cycle management services for health systems and multi-specialty groups, announces it will provide guests with three unique experiences during the 2016 Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has signed into law a new bill (LB 817) allowing medical practitioners to offer direct primary care agreements.

Diagnostic medical physics has changed significantly over the years, according to a new editorial published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology. What was once an activity carried out by trained individuals is now a full-time profession.

The idea was quickly met with expressions of resolve to never let it see the light of day, but it’s out in the open now: A high-level commission has suggested transitioning the Department of Veterans Affairs from a provider network into a Medicare-like payer. 

President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law on March 23, 2010, and a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal examined the law’s impact after six years.

“The answer to that is certainly, yes.” With those seven words, the National Football League’s senior VP for health and safety may have just changed the gridiron game for good, and in who knows how many ways.