Miscalculations by Nantucket Cottage Hospital in Massachusetts in wages and costs in 2015 resulted in Medicare paying all hospitals in the state $133 million more than it should—creating a chain reaction that resulted in hospitals around the country being underpaid by CMS.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based Pinnacle Health announced it will more than double the number of hospitals within its system while also beginning an affiliation with the state’s largest health system, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). 

John Noseworthy, MD, the CEO of the Mayo Clinic, has told employees to give preference to patients with commercial insurance over those covered by Medicare or Medicaid, if the patients have equivalent conditions.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) have announced plans to merge into a single organization to “help reset and reenergize the patient safety agenda.”

Hospital groups, the American Medical Association (AMA) and several other healthcare organizations said they can’t support the American Health Care Act (ACHA), the Republican-sponsored replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), after an estimate that 24 million more people would become uninsured by 2026 if the bill becomes law. 

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has released a brief of guidelines for health information management professionals and clinicians on improving inclusion for patients in the LGBTQ community, covering multiple sexual orientations and gender identities.

Antibiotics such as penicillin and cephalosporin are vitally important to effective healthcare, but allergic patients miss out on the benefits. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) conducted a study using penicillin allergy skin tests and computerized decision support tools to examine individuals who were previously labeled as allergic to penicillin.

Finding minute traces of antibiotic-resistant Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, bacteria in hospital rooms can be difficult—but not if you’ve got a dog's heightened sense of smell.