Long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) and behavioral health (BH) entities remain ineligible for Meaningful Use incentives, yet one-third of patients discharged from hospitals end up in these facilities.

The bill H.R. 4188, the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act, would require the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to adjust the readmission penalty based on a hospital’s share of dual eligible patients.

The Telecommunications Industry Association offered up its support for a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal that would require Medicare Advantage organizations to provide remote monitoring technologies as part of mandatory supplement benefits.

The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services is launching an investigation into Maryland’s health insurance exchange, which has been marred by computer glitches that have made it difficult for people to enroll.

Employment in health care changed little in February, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This marks the third consecutive month of almost no change in employment in the industry.

The Massachusetts Health Data Consortium has launched its collaborative testing program for ICD-10 to learn “where there are big differences, where there are disruptions and where coding could be improved,” said Denny Brennan, executive director of the organization, during its March 10 conference on ICD-10 implementation.

How many patients per R.N. is ideal is a complicated hospital management question with conflicting research support. A new European study may further muddy the waters.

The merger and acquisition trend is showing up in the annual CEO turnover rates recorded by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).