Kaiser Permanente: First quarter profits down, but revenue and enrollment up

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2016/05/kaiser-permanente-healthcare-50-percent-drop.html?utm_campaign=CHL%3A+Daily+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=29378423&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–2-dWZETtc-JQ7NaDdbGBbK9CK36j_6momMckdi4Tm0G7NcXde73-HIq6aTZgzTxagvlScdSi44ULoV4iQi5dHEVKVig&_hsmi=29378423

Money Roll

The Tangled Hospital-Physician Relationship

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/05/09/the-tangled-hospital-physician-relationship/

Blog_healthcare management

Vanderbilt Medical Center Now Independent

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/leadership/vanderbilt-medical-center-now-independent?spMailingID=8897112&spUserID=MTMyMzQyMDQxMTkyS0&spJobID=920911578&spReportId=OTIwOTExNTc4S0

Vanderbilt Medical Center

VUMC will now be guided by its own board of directors comprised of university and academic medical center leadership, and community business and civic leaders.

30% of antibiotics inappropriately prescribed in US

http://www.fiercepracticemanagement.com/story/30-antibiotics-inappropriately-prescribed-us/2016-05-04?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=959610&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpVd1lqSTNZalZsWWpReCIsInQiOiJINE9BNitVSm1VYUR3NFVOZG1YMFFiVFQ2d2lmRGtEZ01NdjVpY0x2bmZUSmxTVFFcL2NcL3FMTmlGaXJqRFhSUHI2Tm1yK0Q1MHU1R3U2OWlGQ3NVYU9uTll2VXMxcEJSdUxlcGlYSjJEV1ZBPSJ9

Antibiotic Overuse

Study findings may drive efforts to curb improper prescription practices.

Wyeth and Pfizer Agree to Pay $784.6 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Alleging That Wyeth Underpaid Drug Rebates to Medicaid

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wyeth-and-pfizer-agree-pay-7846-million-resolve-lawsuit-alleging-wyeth-underpaid-drug-rebates

DOJ Building

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/antifraud/story/pfizer-pays-785-million-resolve-drug-pricing-allegations/2016-05-02?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=959610&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpVd1lqSTNZalZsWWpReCIsInQiOiJINE9BNitVSm1VYUR3NFVOZG1YMFFiVFQ2d2lmRGtEZ01NdjVpY0x2bmZUSmxTVFFcL2NcL3FMTmlGaXJqRFhSUHI2Tm1yK0Q1MHU1R3U2OWlGQ3NVYU9uTll2VXMxcEJSdUxlcGlYSjJEV1ZBPSJ9

Superbug threat grows in DC hospitals

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/superbug-threat-grows-dc-hospitals/2016-05-04?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=959610&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpVd1lqSTNZalZsWWpReCIsInQiOiJINE9BNitVSm1VYUR3NFVOZG1YMFFiVFQ2d2lmRGtEZ01NdjVpY0x2bmZUSmxTVFFcL2NcL3FMTmlGaXJqRFhSUHI2Tm1yK0Q1MHU1R3U2OWlGQ3NVYU9uTll2VXMxcEJSdUxlcGlYSjJEV1ZBPSJ9

New report finds prevalence of 5% drug-resistant bacteria in District.

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2016/05/03/exclusive-first-ever-study-of-superbugs-in-d-c.html

 

Medical errors officially the third leading cause of death in U.S., study finds

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/medical-errors-officially-third-leading-cause-death-us-study-finds/2016-05-03?page=full

Preventing_medical_errors

Researchers estimate more than 250K deaths a year caused by medical mistakes.