Miracle man who was declared ‘brain-dead’ wakes up after his family turned off life support – and he’s now home and thriving T Scott Marr, 61, was diagnosed with a stroke on December 12 after he was found in bed unconscious Father-of-four from Nebraska was declared ‘brain dead’ and doctors said he would never recover… Read More »
By KIP SULLIVAN, JD Egged on by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Congress has imposed multiple pay-for-performance (P4P) schemes on the fee-for-service Medicare program. MedPAC recommended most of these schemes between 2003 and 2008, and Congress subsequently imposed them on Medicare, primarily via the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 and the Medicare Access… Read More »
Dive Brief: CMS has released Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program results for 2019 showing that almost 60% of hospitals participating in the payment incentive program will see a “small change” (between -0.5% and 0.5%) in Inpatient Prospective Payment System reimbursement. Just over half of those affected hospitals (55%) are set to receive higher Medicare reimbursement,… Read More »
NASA Earth Observatory image of Camp fire by Joshua Stevens A trio of wildfires has devoured tens of thousands of acres and numerous structures in Northern California, killing five people and destroying Adventist Health Feather River Hospital in the town of Paradise. Both the hospital and the town have been leveled by the Camp Fire,… Read More »
In our world today, there are more than 100 different types of cancer. All these have distinct causes and impacts on our body. And now when we look around us cancer is becoming a very common disease. In our world today, there are more than 100 different types of cancer. All these have distinct causes… Read More »