— The focus shouldn’t be on quantity over quality by Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA This post originally appeared on Kevin M D I was having a conversation with a colleague about a state-funded Medicaid managed care organization (MCO). She told me that the mental health performance measures used by the state to evaluate the MCO

Paige Twenter – Becker’s Hospital Review A murky definition of “professionalism” in healthcare confounds medical students, who are realizing the term is in the eye of the beholder, The New York Times reported March 19. Professionalism in medical settings is outlined in a “do’s and don’ts” article from the American Medical Association and decades-old guidance

By Frank Sonnenberg President Harry S. Truman famously said, “The buck stops here,” meaning he accepted full responsibility for his decisions and had no intention of shifting the blame to others. That said, many people today treat accountability like a hot potato. They seek recognition when things go well but disassociate themselves entirely when faced

— To become a rural emergency hospital, qualifying facilities must close all their inpatient beds by Associated Press March 18, 2024 A photo of a gurney in the emergency room hallway at the Alliance Healthcare System hospital in Holly Springs, MS As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially a new type of hospital is slowly

— If current trends continue, patients are in big trouble by John Gever, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today SAN FRANCISCO — Declining reimbursements to surgeons under Medicare and private insurance for total joint replacement procedures are creating an untenable situation, researchers warned. Already, according to a study presented here at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’