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In the wake of congressional hearings levying conflict of interest allegations at top scientists at the NIH, the director, Elias Zerhouni, has announced new restrictions on the types of paid consulting agreements federal scientists can accept with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
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Any perception of how hospices are faring these days depends on whom you ask. Someone who works at a small hospice may say his or her hospice is having a tougher time than a large hospice is. Staffers at rural hospices may say theyre hoeing a tougher row than their metropolitan counterparts. But there is one segment of the hospice population that seems more optimistic than the rest of the industry: for-profit hospices.
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In teaching health care providers how to care for patients at the end of life, many institutions forget to teach providers that they need to care for themselves as well.
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After months of gloom and doom surrounding the 75% rule and the draft Local Medicare Review Policies on inpatient rehabilitation admission, rehab advocates say they finally see a glimmer of hope. Not a big bucket of sunshine the 75% rule and the draft LMRPs still are on the table but a welcome ray of hope, nonetheless.
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Integrating acupuncture with conventional physical therapy and work hardening has been both a medical and financial success for Good Samaritan Occupational Health Services in Avon, MA.
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Ergonomics is more than a way to lift patients. As Butler (PA) Memorial Hospital found, it can lift morale and employee satisfaction as well.
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In his FY 2005 budget, President George Bush said the secretary of Health and Human Services will work with Congress to pass an option for states to receive Medicaid and State Childrens Health Insurance Program funds in the form of flexible allotments, presumably a reference to an idea floated last year that Medicaid become a block grant program.
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Because drug costs are a major concern for Medicaid HMOs and state Medicaid programs, AmeriHealth Mercy created PerformRx to assist other plans to develop the capability to manage drug utilization and product and service costs.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has been criticized for not being more directive and aggressive on preventing needle stick injuries, has posted an impressive, interactive workbook on the issue.
