U.S. News and World Report evaluated more than 15,000 nursing homes for its 2017-18 Best Nursing Home list. Some 2,285 of them—15 percent of all of those evaluated—made the list by earning a rating of 4.5 or higher on a 5-point scale.

Hospitals which serve more low-income patients could be penalized an additional $198,000 per year if the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) is adjusted to include more conditions, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Some orthopedic surgeons are performing total ankle replacements, a procedure once disparaged as “borderline quackery,” according to the Washington Post, but is now being touted as a legitimate option for relieving arthritic pain.

The operators of two freestanding emergency departments (EDs) in Dallas—Highland Park Emergency Room and Preston Hollow Emergency Room—have gone to court demanding Google share the identities of those who posted 22 negative reviews of their facilities.

Operating revenue fell faster than operating expenses for two years at hospitals which had been merged into or acquired by a new system, with no evidence of improvement on quality measures, according to a report released by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).

Staff at the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Santa Rosa, California, used whatever was at their disposal—including their own cars—to help patients quickly evacuate when massive wildfires quickly spread close to the hospital. At the same time she was helping those patients, nurse Julayne Smithson’s new home was burning down.

Communication-and-resolution programs (CRP) at four Massachusetts hospitals led to lower medical liability costs and improvements in patient safety after adverse events, countering concerns that telling patients about errors would motivate more to file lawsuits.

Sacramento, California-based Sutter Physician Services found success in helping to reduce readmissions at its affiliated Sutter Health hospitals by coordinating follow-up appointments and check-in calls with recently discharged patients, but communication and C-suite engagement have been critical to making the effort work.