Health

[ad_1] The portion of President Barack Obama’s health care law aimed at lowering the number of uninsured in the country has largely rolled out, leaving the administration increasingly turning its attention to another goal of the Affordable Care Act: controlling health care costs. It doesn’t appear, however, that the proposals will make a significant dent

[ad_1] See which Best Hospitals made the 2019-20 Honor Roll. Just 21 hospitals out of nearly 5,000 evaluated for the 2019-20 U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings and ratings made the Honor Roll. Hospitals were awarded Honor Roll points if they ranked in one or more of the 16 specialties that U.S. News evaluates – more

[ad_1] Choosing a doctor You just moved to a new city. Maybe your insurance plan has changed. Perhaps your doctor no longer fits your needs. Whatever the reason, choosing a doctor is an important step toward maintaining and improving your health and wellness. Whether you’ve got a pain in the neck that just won’t go

[ad_1] FACT accreditation level Indicates hospital meets Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy standards for transplanting stem cells from the patient’s own bone marrow and tissue (level 1) and from a donor (level 2) to treat cancer, as of March 1, 2015. Intensivist on staff At least one critical-care specialist manages patients in one

[ad_1] If you suffer from a serious chronic illness, or you need major but elective surgery: Are you better served by the familiar hospital right down the road or the prominent medical center 90 miles away? See what experts in lung disease, heart conditions, cancer and orthopedics say about when your local hospital is a

[ad_1] All American youngsters know the rules: Don’t take candy from strangers, play nice in the sandbox and call 911 during an emergency. But what if the emergency is related to mental health? More than 4 million people visited the emergency room due to a mental health condition from 2009 to 2010, according to the latest data from the the

[ad_1] Somewhere in America, at a pace of about once per second, a patient checks into a hospital. With more than 33 million hospitalizations a year and so many patients on whom to sharpen their skills, hospitals could be expected to meet the most demanding standards for quality and safety. (Getty Images) Yet too many

[ad_1] You need heart surgery, and a university hospital in your state has a renowned cardiology center – but that hospital is out of network. Or you’re hospitalized for a chronic lung condition and you want a second opinion from a pulmonology center that handles challenging cases – but your insurer denies a transfer. Should

[ad_1] By Michelle AndrewsKaiser Health News Hospital costs for women who had no maternal or obstetric risk factors to complicate childbirth ranged from less than $2,000 to nearly $12,000, the analysis of discharge data found. The wide variation in cost means that for expectant parents, it can pay to shop around. The variability was surprising,

[ad_1] Scientists have envisioned a time in medicine when patients no longer have to undergo trial and error to determine which drugs will help treat or cure them when they are sick – and that era may be coming soon, as hospitals and medical centers are gathering information on patients and sequencing their genes. “In

[ad_1] Each year, trendspotters try to identify shifts in the hiring of new leaders at the nation’s hospitals: veteran hospital CEOs? Doctors with management skills? Successful insiders? Outsiders from other industries? All of the above? Hiring trends matter because they hint at new directions in an evolving health marketplace. With turnover at a near record

[ad_1] Once again, the majority of the nation’s hospitals are being penalized by Medicare for having patients frequently return within a month of discharge – this time losing a combined $420 million, government records show. In the fourth year of federal readmission penalties, 2,592 hospitals will receive lower payments for every Medicare patient that stays