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UnitedHealth Group plans more scrutiny of ED claims
The payer will review emergency claims with the most serious conditions and reduce or deny any incorrect claims it finds.
By Les Masterson • March 8, 2018 -
Roadmap to reduce disparities needed in value-based care
A Health Affairs paper recommends tying health equity to payment incentives.
By Meg Bryant • March 8, 2018 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlinePayer/provider relationships
As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.
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HIMSS18: Celebrate failure, Cleveland Clinic CIO says
Financial incentives for employees help the clinic spur new ideas, Edward Marx said.
By Kim Dixon • March 7, 2018 -
Out-of-pocket healthcare costs up 11% in 2017
Highest out-of-pocket cost estimates were for orthopedics, plastic surgery, urology and neurology.
By Les Masterson • March 7, 2018 -
Credit downgrades for nonprofit hospitals rising
Moody’s Investors Service said there was more than three times the number of downgrades than upgrades last year.
By Les Masterson • March 7, 2018 -
HIMSS18: CMS chief touts EHR, PHR overhaul
Seema Verma said the agency is planning a "complete overhaul" of meaningful use standards for hospitals, but provided few details.
By Kim Dixon • March 6, 2018 -
Centene to buy Florida primary care provider
The St. Louis-based payer will acquire Community Medical Group, which serves more than 70,000 patients in Miami-Dade County.
By Shannon Muchmore • March 6, 2018 -
IBM Watson Health names 100 top US hospitals
Winning hospitals outperformed their peers on complication and survival rates, length of stay, wait times and patient satisfaction, among other measures.
By Meg Bryant • March 6, 2018 -
Geisinger reports net income increase despite issues with ACA health plan
Geisinger Health Plan lost out on $11 million when the Trump administration put a halt to cost-sharing reduction payments last year.
By Les Masterson • March 5, 2018 -
Healthcare execs say EHRs don't do enough to manage value-based contracts
A Sage Growth Partners Study found that EHRs in many cases are not fulfilling promises to lower costs and improve population health management.
By Les Masterson • March 5, 2018 -
Retrieved from Lyft on October 23, 2017
Lyft, Allscripts partner for healthcare platform
The announcement from Lyft comes on the heels of a similar launch from its main competitor, Uber.
By Kristin Musulin • March 5, 2018 -
Patient safety ripe for investment, Frost & Sullivan says
The report predicted that adverse patient safety events in the U.S. and Western Europe will result in about $383.7 billion in healthcare costs over the next four years.
By Les Masterson • March 5, 2018 -
UPMC's net income hits $1.3B in 2017
Operating revenue grew to $16 billion, fueled by strong clinical demand and growth in UPMC’s insurance business.
By Meg Bryant • March 2, 2018 -
Hartford HealthCare, Tufts partner on new insurance company
The organizations will focus on enrolling seniors in Medicare Advantage plans.
By Meg Bryant • March 2, 2018 -
Atrium, UNC Health put merger plan on ice
The two health systems apparently disagreed over who would control the combined company, which would have run 50 hospitals with 100,000 employees.
By David Lim • March 2, 2018 -
Deep Dive
4 questions on Uber's new healthcare platform
There are potentially billions in savings, but little real evidence exists so far.
By Jeff Byers , Shannon Muchmore • March 2, 2018 -
Cleveland Clinic 2017 operating income, revenue bounce back
Outpatient volume increased 7%, due in part to growth in telehealth and Express Care visits.
By Meg Bryant • March 1, 2018 -
Healthgrades reveals best hospitals for 2018
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia had no hospitals in the top 100.
By Les Masterson • March 1, 2018 -
Lifespan joins Partners-Care New England merger talks
Any deal would affect the combined 81,000 employees from all three systems.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 28, 2018 -
R1 acquires Intermedix in $460M revenue cycle management merger
The deal points to consolidation in the RCM space as vendors jockey for market power.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 27, 2018 -
Community Health posts $2.4B net loss
The 127-hospital system system is navigating a turnaround as it attempts to shed debt.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 27, 2018 -
Tenet discloses $704M net income loss for 2017, beats Q4 expectations
The 74-hospital system reported 758,875 total admissions in 2017, a 4.2% decrease over the same period in 2016.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 26, 2018 -
Lay-health workers reduced readmission rates at rural hospital, study finds
Healthcare organizations have increasingly explored how social determinants of health affect population health.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 26, 2018 -
US healthcare system not prepared for large-scale disasters, report finds
The Center for Health Security Project Team paper said the country does well with smaller scale crises, but needs to improve efforts to prepare for and respond to bigger events.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 26, 2018 -
$1B hospital complex coming to Indiana
Ambrose Property Group has been tight-lipped on the details, including the name of the health system.
By Kim Slowey • Feb. 26, 2018
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