Scientists are having trouble finding patients to enroll in clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease treatments, the New York Times reports—news that emerged even as researchers at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Monday presented evidence that levels of female sex hormones can affect a woman's risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.
John Starcher, the current CEO of Mercy Health, has been selected to lead the combined health system that would be created if Mercy and Bon Secours Health System merge, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Arkansas, California, Maryland, and Ohio.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says HHS has until Aug. 3 to respond to ideas proposed by the American Hospital Association that are intended to reduce a backlog of Medicare claims appeals.
Researchers say "[h]ospital participation in five common medical bundles under [the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement program] was not associated with significant changes in Medicare payments, clinical complexity, length of stay, emergency department use, hospital readmission, or mortality."
Here's why doctors' propensity to talk rather than listen can lead to worse patient outcomes—and proof that taking even seven more seconds to communicate with patients can make a big difference.
As aging baby boomers reach retirement age, some organizations are seeking to avert a labor shortage by finding creative ways to retain or rehire retired workers—a move that Montefiore Health System officials say preserves institutional wisdom and creates opportunities to mentor younger staff, Claudia Dreifus reports for the New York Times.
CMS on Tuesday released a final rule that the agency said reinstates billions of dollars in payments expected to be made to exchange insurers under the Affordable Care Act's risk-adjustment program.
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