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Physicians and scientists say Trump's travel restrictions targeting seven Muslim-majority countries could undermine the flow of immigrants the U.S. relies on to fill vital positions and maintain its edge in biomedical innovation.

Hospital systems and physician practices setting up accountable care organizations are generating mixed results. Whether you profit from shared savings will often depend on where you start--and that's a problem.

The promise of bonuses under MACRA starting in 2019 is prompting a minority of ACOs to take on more downside risk through advanced alternative payment models. But even if they are ready to share in losses, the vast majority of ACO's are not.

Hospital leaders differ sharply in how they define the patient experience and how they prioritize their improvement initiatives, leading to a clash within the industry.

New CDC initiative enables facilities to pinpoint hot spots and develop solutions.

The CMS is exploring how to levy excess readmission penalties fairly on hospitals, based on their patient population.

Active, informed interventions, not passive background music, are the basis of music therapy. Use music and sound to calm not just infants but parents and the hospital environment, too. Include parents in music therapy, so they can continue interventions after babies are discharged.

Maternal care has the makings of the next frontier for bundled payments--except there's no national regulatory vehicle to help the industry get there.

Ensure that critical processes take place in parallel, rather than sequentially. Train teams in the restructured workflow and hold mock alerts. Use telemedicine to get patients access to stroke specialists located remotely.

NYC HealthHospitals/Bellevue's success in reducing readmission penalties highlights the power of simple changes. It also complicates the debate over risk adjustments for socio-economic status.

Scrutiny of hospitals' business practices could up the ante in the debate over tax breaks given to not-for-profit organizations.

Cardiologists hope financial incentives for hospitals will boost participation in cardiac rehab. But they also wonder if other strategies, such as paying for home-based rehab, would do more to address what stops patients from showing up.

Growing recognition that improved dental health leads to better overall health is leading some providers to look for ways to integrate dental care into primary care, which tends to be more accessible for patients.

Despite unanimous agreement that healthcare workers need to be protected from violence at work, there's little consensus over how to address the problem.

The Mayo Clinic health system operates in five states, including campuses in Arizona and Florida. In 2016, it reported $11 billion in revenue and $475 million in income.

There's little information on how hospitals, doctors and patients make delivery decisions, which could help drop related healthcare costs and our nation's high C-section rate.

Performance measures based on patient-reported outcomes could be invaluable in gauging whether medical care actually made life better for patients, but the field is not yet mature enough to drive value-based payments.

Medication-assisted treatment for opioid abusers is scarce in rural areas, but three projects aim to develop strategies to make it more accessible.

Consider all care transitions, even those that might seem insignificant, such as the switch from a pediatric to an adult provider. Find a payment system that reimburses and grants flexibility for coordinated care. Put critical providers, such as behavioral health specialists and coordinators, in the same location.