Modern Healthcare: Number of Medicare ACOs More Than Doubles
Modern Healthcare July 9, 2012 By Melanie Evans and Jessica Zigmond Medicare's accountable-care experiment, which seeks to revamp how hospitals and doctors get paid, more than doubled in size with 89 newly named participants. The CMS added the latest
redOrbit: Hospital Safety Ratings Released By Consumer Reports
redOrbit July 8, 2012 Billings Clinic in Montana is the safest hospital in the US, while Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago scored lowest, according to Consumer Reports' first-ever list of the best and worst medical
MD+DI: Massachusetts Eases Ban on Gifts from Medical Device Manufacturers
MD+DI July 9, 2012 By: Jamie Hartford Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick on Monday signed into law legislation that partially repeals the state’s pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer code of conduct (PCOC), which required companies to disclose gifts
Fierce Medical Devices: Obama Signs FDA User Fee Extension
Fierce Medical Devices July 10, 2012 | By Damian Garde President Barack Obama signed the FDA Safety and Innovation Act on Monday, reauthorizing the agency and doubling the charge devicemakers will pay for approvals over the
Chicago Tribune: U.S. Plans IDs to Track Medical Device Safety
Chicago Tribune July 3, 2012 By Anna Yukhananov, Reuters Medical devices like hip implants and heart defibrillators will soon join the ranks of cars and toasters. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed a
Environmental Leader: Toyota, Johnson & Johnson, Honda Top Global Green Brands Ranking
Environmental Leader June 26, 2012 Toyota, Johnson & Johnson, Honda, Volkswagon and Hewlett-Packard topped an annual ranking of global green brands by consultancy firm Interbrand. Interbrand’s 2012 Best Global Green Brands report evaluates and ranks companies on