A day snowed in can be a welcome reprieve from the daily grind. But when one snow day turns into three or four, employees and their bosses start to wonder how they'll ever catch up, and how being snowed in hurts the bottom line.
Health care organizations of all kinds are striving for efficiency under the looming transition to managed-care systems.Instead of being paid for each service, providers will instead be paid to deliver care for a set number of patients annually. Naturally, this is leading providers to reconsider how they manage those patients from the moment they walk through the door.
<I>(Updated Feb. 24 at 2 p.m.)</I> Fallon Health of Worcester has expanded the long-term-care program in Western New York it offers in conjunction with a residential community there.
United Medical Systems of Westborough and its parent firm have acquired a privately held lithotripsy company that provides services to kidney patients in Texas and Oklahoma, according to a statement from United.
Businesses plan to increase communications with their employees and shell out more for wellness programs this year, according to the results of a new survey from Virgin Pulse, based in Framingham.