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Hospitals go green to save greenbacks
Sustainable purchasing and other environmentally-friendly practices are helping providers cut costs.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 28, 2014 -
Salesforce plans massive push into healthcare market
The company intends to start bringing in $1 billion in annual revenue, or a fifth of its current annual sales, in healthcare contracts.
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 27, 2014 -
California hospital faces collapse after $77M EMR investment
Will the county government be able to rescue the system from disaster?
By Anne Zieger • Oct. 27, 2014 -
New York hospitals launching health insurance plans
These providers are relying on their sophisticated infrastructure and substantial market share. But are most providers ready to take on that level of risk?
By Anne Zieger • Oct. 27, 2014 -
Humana may sell urgent care subsidiary Concentra
The move could be a sign that the merger of insurers and providers to cut costs might not be smooth sailing.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 24, 2014 -
ER visits and revenue plummet at Texas Health Presbyterian
The hospital that treated Thomas Eric Duncan has lost more than $8 million in revenue in one month.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 24, 2014 -
Colorado Springs Health Partners to sell to DaVita
The new purchase is not yet finalized and is expected to close by year's end.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Data breach lawsuits not always a slam dunk for plaintiffs
California courts recently tossed two massive healthcare breach cases.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Daughter of Charity employees sue hospital chain over pensions
Is the lawsuit an effort by the union to derail the sale of Daughters to Prime Healthcare?
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 23, 2014 -
DaVita agrees to pay $389M anti-kickback settlement
"This case involved a sophisticated scheme to compensate doctors illegally for referring patients to DaVita's dialysis centers," said US Attorney for Colorado John Walsh.
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 23, 2014 -
S&P: More nonprofit merger activity on the horizon
The new report from Standard & Poor's also shows that merger and acquisitions in nonprofit healthcare organizations has boosted credit ratings.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 22, 2014 -
89% of uninsured don't know open enrollment begins next month
A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll revealed some concerning results.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 22, 2014 -
How does the switch to for-profit impact quality?
A new JAMA study provides empirical evidence that swapping to for-profit doesn't impact quality of care—but it has a big impact on the bottom line.
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 22, 2014 -
PhRMA blames insurance companies for drug access woes
AccessBetterCoverage.org is chock-full of insurance facts. But its real message is that health insurers, and not pharma, are guilty of shifting drug costs onto consumers.
By Nicole Gray • Oct. 21, 2014 -
MedPAC pushes for better physician payment rates
In its October meeting, the commission expressed concern that primary care continues to be undervalued in Medicare's fee schedule.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 21, 2014 -
PA governor to sign drug tracking bill
Some groups think the new tracking database creates serious privacy concerns.
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 20, 2014 -
Is CVS Caremark using cigarette co-pay to muscle out competitors?
...and is the new practice by Caremark-managed plans anti-competitive?
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 20, 2014 -
Aetna loses Delaware Medicaid contract
Meanwhile, Highmark and UnitedHealthcare have signed three-year contracts with the state.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 20, 2014 -
Could a market plunge sicken healthcare stocks?
They've been among the market's top performers for years, but there are troubling signs on the horizon.
By Randy Lilleston • Oct. 20, 2014 -
Hospitals can now get insurance for Ebola revenue losses
The care of Thomas Eric Duncan was estimated to cost the hospital that treated him $1,000 an hour.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 20, 2014 -
Pay up: Oregon insurance exchange clients face tax bill
More than 12,000 could owe a total of more than $1.12 million in taxes.
By Randy Lilleston • Oct. 20, 2014 -
Deep Dive
How will MA's new price transparency mandate affect its healthcare market?
Legislation in numerous states requires some kind of public pricing. But how will this trend impact markets?
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 17, 2014 -
Why UnitedHealth's Q3 profits beat expectations
The insurer's strong quarterly profits stem from Medicaid growth, Optum revenue—and low medical spending.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 17, 2014 -
Health insurance payments going digital
Providers have several choices in how they accept payments from health insurers, each with its own problems. Eventually, it will all go digital, speeding up the process significantly, one expert says.
By Anne Zieger • Oct. 17, 2014 -
Obama admin announces major new funding initiative for ACOs
The new payment model was created as a response to feedback finding that many providers do not have the upfront resources to implement the infrastructure necessary for ACOs.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 16, 2014
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