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Who will be this year’s Distinguished Trustee of the Year?
Last year, Dr. Boyce G. Tollison was named South Carolina’s Distinguished Trustee of the Year at the Annual Trustee Administrator Physician Conference.
Hospital Leaders Travel to Washington, DC
Hospital leaders from across the country recently travelled to the 2012 American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. A large group of hospital CEOs, trustees and othe
Columbia is the Talk of Paris
IHI Director Maureen Bisognano opened a recent keynote address by talking about South Carolina’s efforts to improve safety and health and specifically about efforts in part of Richland County.
Providers must do better job of coordinating care
Health care providers need to get much better at coordinating the care their patients receive as they move from one care setting to another, according to Dr. Eric Coleman.
SC working toward lowest surgical death rate in country
World renowned surgeon, teacher and author Atul Gawande was recently in Columbia talking about his work with hospitals in this state to make surgical care safer and less costly.
Recent SCHA News
- Who will be this year’s Distinguished Trustee of the Year?
- Hospital Leaders Travel to Washington, DC
- Columbia is the Talk of Paris
- Providers must do better job of coordinating care
- SC working toward lowest surgical death rate in country
- Julian Gibbons named AHA 2012 Grassroots Champion
- AccessHealth SC: Stories from the Frontlines
- Hospital will be paid more next year for satisfied customers
Hot Issues
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Reimbursement
South Carolina hospitals' revenue stream is critical to their overall mission of providing care to those in their communities. Medicare and Medicaid provide more than half of most hospitals' patien
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CMS Rules and Regulations
Keeping up with the rules and regulations being promulgated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has always been a daunting task for hospitals. Now that task is even more diff
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Medicaid
Medicaid is the nation’s health coverage program for many low-income Americans.
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Peer Review
It is widely recognized that South Carolina has one of the weakest peer review statutes in the nation.
Health Care News
- Individual Health Policies Fall Short, a Study Finds - NY Times
- Hospital Tries To Make Care More Personal - NPR
- For Hospitals and Insurers, New Fervor to Cut Costs - NY Times
- Millions Still Uncovered With Health Law Expansion - Politico
- IN: How to Build a Mountain of Patient Data: Don’t Ask for Permission - Bloomberg
