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Leaders with the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority met Monday to discuss how they can tackle a $4 million deficit, while improving the quality of their medical care.

  Left: Professor Freddie Lippert and the team from Copenhagen EMS, Denmark Right: Paramedic Students from the Australian Catholic University, Canberra Brazilian Trauma Surgeon, Dr Rod DeOlivera at the start of […]

The CMS on Wednesday launched two new consumer-oriented websites that publish information about the quality of inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals, lengthening its list of Compare websites amid […]

Payment and care delivery innovation have long held bipartisan political support, the Health Care Transformation Task Force said Tuesday. The Health Care Transformation Task Force called on the incoming Trump […]

In medical emergencies, patients have few alternatives to calling 911 or rushing to the emergency department for costly care. That’s the status quo, but a growing number of providers, payers […]

A visit from a primary care clinician that focuses on following up on treatment plans after a patient’s discharge from a hospital stay lowers the risk of readmission. A study […]

Shares in Lewisville-based Adeptus Health took a major hit Wednesday after the nation’s largest operator of freestanding emergency rooms reported an $11.7 million loss in the third quarter. The loss […]

More than 1,600 hospitals will see bonuses from Medicare in 2017 under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program, according to federal data released Tuesday. The number earning positive pay adjustments is about […]

Fort Worth, TX – October 31, 2016 – For the past two years, 28 stakeholder organizations and 65 program agencies have participated in the development of measures designed to help EMS […]

From ACA mandates to baby boomers rapidly switching to Medicare, there are a number of factors influencing healthcare costs in the U.S. Here are 25 things to know about those […]