The Western PA Healthcare News Team
Health Plans
New Approach to Consumer Experience: The Key Role of Healthcare Payments
By Jeff Lin, Senior Vice President of Product Management at InstaMed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the ...
Technology
Streamlining Spine Care for Improved Margins
By Djamel Bayliche, VP, Corazon, Inc. Elements of healthcare reform, specifically Bundled Payments and Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), along with their ...
Real Estate, Design & Construction
ProHealth Care Teams Up with Staples Advantage on Innovative New Cancer Center
Research shows the design of a healthcare space can speed the recovery of patients. ProHealth Care, a community healthcare system ...
EMR Technology
Improving Patient Outcomes Through EHR Adoption
By Simon Wieczner According to the acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—Andy Slavitt—Meaningful Use (MU) ...
Technology
St. Clair Hospital Unveils Cost Transparency Tool
First Hospital in Region to Offer Patients Cost Estimates in Advance St. Clair Hospital today introduced a cost transparency tool ...
People in the News
Barbara A. Clouser, MD, Named Medical Director of West Penn Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Neonatologist Barbara A. Clouser, MD, has joined Allegheny Health Network (AHN) as Medical Director of the Level III Neonatal Intensive ...
Real Estate, Design & Construction
John Schrott Leads Healthcare Panel Discussion at SMPS Pittsburgh
(Editor’s Note: reprinted with permission from IKM) IKM’s managing principal, John Schrott, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, was invited for the second ...
