RCM firm Emdeon to acquire Change Healthcare in $135M deal

The deal will give Emdeon cost transparency and consumer engagement tools.   

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 21, 2014

Is urgent care sufficiently regulated? Some say no

In New York, the state's public health council is calling for tighter government and physician oversight of the booming urgent care industry. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 21, 2014

CVS Health launches digital innovation lab in Boston

Of the new hub's 100 employees, 90% will be new hires, hinting at CVS' commitment to tech in the healthcare space. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 21, 2014

The Friday Dive: Is whistleblower action declining?

Healthcare Dive's editor looks back on the biggest news from the last week. 

By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 21, 2014

Struggling Quincy Medical Center pushes closing to February

The delay is a result of pressure from Attorney General Martha Coakley's office. 

By Anne Zieger , Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 20, 2014

Banner Health posts $228.8M surplus, sets date for academic medical center acquisition

Banner moves closer to scoring a strong academic medical partner as it reveals strong operating numbers. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 20, 2014

Health groups urge Congress to keep next year's ICD-10 deadline

As the groups noted, HHS projects that any additional delays could cost payers and providers as much as $6.6 billion.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 20, 2014

New government data on Obamacare premiums shows encouraging trends

Initial 2015 Obamacare data from 38 states shows an increased number of insurers and improved competition. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 19, 2014

ICD-10: Maybe not the crisis hospitals anticipated?

Is the ongoing hue and cry from providers justified? New numbers suggest not.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 19, 2014

Lifespan Corp. wins $30M judgment from insurer

A judge decided that a pair of insurers' refusal to pay the hospital operator's $30-million claim for indemnification was invalid.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 18, 2014

Vanderbilt University Medical Center to be separated from university

Will the restructuring give the Medical Center more flexibility to deal with rapid changes in the healthcare business?

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 18, 2014

Ascension Health reports Q1 losses of almost $90M

The St. Louis-based system still lost millions in spite of smart investing strategies and business-savvy acquisitions. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 18, 2014

Are hospitals profiting from defective medical devices?

An OIG report unearthed $548,000 in Medicare overpayments due to hospitals failing to report free defective device swaps. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 17, 2014

EHRs through time: The early adopter story

How do early adopters of electronic health records, big and small, really feel about the technology?

By Judy Packer-Tursman • Nov. 17, 2014

Samsung announces 24 health IT partners, including Cleveland Clinic, Cigna, Aetna

...and they're not the only big names that have come on board to work with Samsung's HealthKit competitor The Samsung Digital Health Platform.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 14, 2014

Fresenius to buy US specialist physician provider Cogent

Fresenius is making the buy as part of longer-range plans to build a $5-billion care coordination business by 2020.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 14, 2014

Humana revenues soar in Q3, but profits plunge

An increase in retail medical membership drove higher revenues. But Humana had to spend a pretty penny to get there.

By Sy Mukherjee • Nov. 14, 2014

Vidant volume, surplus declines

The eight-hospital system has been in the news a few times this year as it copes with the industry-wide shift to out-patient care.

By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 14, 2014

Report: Out-of-pocket costs skyrocket for employees

Premium costs have also almost doubled since 2010 for the average person with an employer-sponsored plan.

By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 13, 2014

CareAll to pay $25M in false claims suit

The whistle-blower who brought the suit claims that he was demoted when he refused to participate in the fraud scheme. 

By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 13, 2014

Kindred to acquire inpatient rehab provider for $195M

Kindred's march towards the creation of a comprehensive post-acute care service network continues. 

By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 13, 2014

Does Prime scavenge dying hospitals?

Over the last several years, Prime has faced several controversies over its billing practices and care standards.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 13, 2014

10 major hospitals ask Congress to scrutinize Genentech distribution changes

In October, Ascension Health banned Genentech sales reps from its campus in response to a radical shift in distribution policy. Now, other major medical centers are piling on.

By Nicole Gray • Nov. 12, 2014

EMRs can be too costly for late adopters

The industry faces financial stresses now that it didn't several years ago when early adopters like Kaiser jumped in.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 12, 2014

Pioneer ACO health system kicks off new commercial ACO

Despite having been burned in the Pioneer program, a Maine health system has decided to launch the state's largest commercial ACO with the state's largest health insurer.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 12, 2014