| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare
| Allscripts promotes CFO Rick Poulton to president | | Wednesday, October 07, 2015 6:00 PM | |
| | EHR developer Allscripts promoted Chief Financial Officer Rick Poulton to president, the Chicago-based company said Wednesday. He assumes the new title from CEO Paul Black, whose contract the company extended through 2018. |
| Medicare primary care initiative yields mixed results | | Wednesday, October 07, 2015 5:27 PM | |
| | The CMS Innovation Center says the 483 medical practices participating in its Comprehensive Primary Care initiative achieved $24 million in gross Medicare savings, but few saved more than what the government paid them to coordinate patients' care. |
| Blog: Dialysis providers continue to challenge rating methodology | | Wednesday, October 07, 2015 2:13 PM | |
| | Kidney-care providers are still battling methods used by the CMS to help dialysis patients evaluate quality at more than 5,500 U.S. treatment centers. The ratings are difficult to understand and are not consistent with other online public-rating... |
| The wild price variation for women's health services | | Wednesday, October 07, 2015 12:00 PM | |
| | Studies have shown that irrational prices exist in a variety of healthcare procedures -- from MRIs and cholesterol tests to knee replacement surgeries and angioplasties. Now, we can add an array of women's health services to the list. |
|