CMS proposal ties outpatient pay to quality.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed an overall 3% increase in payments for outpatient hospital care in 2009, almost a full percent below the update for 2008. As expected, reporting on quality of care is being tied to the amount of increase hospitals and other outpatient...

2009 CMS outpatient pay will be based on quality.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed an overall 3% increase in payments for outpatient hospital care in 2009, almost a full percent below the update for 2008. As expected, reporting on quality of care is being tied to the amount of increase hospitals and other outpatient...

Hospital nurse practice environments and outcomes for surgical oncology patients.
NURSE PRACTICE ENVIRONMENTS AND OUTCOMES FOR SURGICAL ONCOLOGY PATIENTS Cancer is the leading cause of death in the nation for adults below the age of 85 years (American Cancer Society 2005). Lung, breast, and colorectal cancers accounted for over $16 billion in direct care costs, and significant...

Modern Maturity Magazine Names Cancer Treatment Centers of America One of 15 'Hospitals with Heart'.
ZION, Ill., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) and its regional hospitals, specifically Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion, IL, have been cited by AARP's Modern Maturity as one of the country's 15 "Hospitals with a Heart." According to Modern Maturity,...

Cancer surgery survival better at busy hospitals: two strategies--selective referral and quality improvement--might address the disparities.
SAN DIEGO -- A new study has found that foregut cancer patients are significantly more likely to live 5 years after surgery if their operations are performed in hospitals doing a large number of procedures annually, Dr. John D. Birkmeyer said at a symposium sponsored by the Society of...

Cancer surgery survival better at busy hospitals: two strategies--selective referral and quality improvement--might address the disparities.
SAN DIEGO -- A new study has found that foregut cancer patients are significantly more likely to live 5 years after surgery if their operations are performed in hospitals doing a large number of procedures annually, Dr. John D. Birkmeyer said at a symposium sponsored by the Society of...

Healthcare biggies eyeing insured abroad patients.
Byline: Khomba Singh NEW DELHI: Indian corporate hospitals are now looking at tapping insured overseas patients to expand the medical tourism market. "The next phase of globalisation of healthcare services will be the treatment of insured patients across the world. Market forces will themselves ensure...

Patients do better with laparoscopic colectomy.
BARCELONA -- The long-awaited 5-year survival analysis from the Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy trial indicate that laparoscopic colectomy is clinically equivalent to open abdominal surgery as a treatment for colon cancer and has advantages for quality of life, Dr. Heidi Nelson said at the 14th European Cancer Conference....

Local cancer center earns accreditation.
FITCHBURG - The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons has granted three-year approval with commendation to the Simonds-Sinon Regional Cancer Center at HealthAlliance Hospital. The Center is on the Burbank campus and offers both medical and radiation oncology treatment. According to a...

India's First Trilogy Accelerator Ordered for Leading Cancer Center.
MUMBAI, India, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- One of India's premier cancer centers is acquiring the country's first Trilogy(R) machine from Varian Medical Systems to offer patients the most advanced radiotherapy treatments in the world. The Trilogy medical linear accelerator will be installed at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai late...