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More oversight for 340B needed, White House council says
The Council of Economic Advisers suggested creating an independent agency to oversee the prescription payment program.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 12, 2018 -
ED care management team alone won't reduce use, study finds
Researchers deployed care management teams at six NYC Health + Hospitals emergency departments and found they did help link patients to primary care.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 9, 2018 -
Explore the Trendlineâž”
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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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Atrium Health to partner with Navicent Health
Atrium, formerly Carolinas HealthCare System, is also attempting to merge with UNC Health Care.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 9, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Hospital consolidation has spotty track record, experts say
Even blocking a "very vanilla merger" is a costly endeavor, Nathan Wilson, an economist at the Federal Trade Commission, said.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 9, 2018 -
Smorgasbord of health items in massive 2-year budget deal
The agreement staving off an extended government shutdown includes a delay to Disproportionate Share Hospital payment cuts, a repeal of the ACA's Independent Payment Advisory Board and more funding to fight the opioid crisis.
By David Lim • Feb. 9, 2018 -
Protests planned at Kaiser, Dignity Health in California
Workers are condemning planned pay cuts and layoffs at Kaiser.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 8, 2018 -
More hospitals turn to palliative care to boost value
The number of hospitals with more than 50 beds offering palliative programs tripled between 2000 and 2015, according to a report in Health Affairs.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 8, 2018 -
Tax bill sows confusion for nonprofit hospitals
While for-profit healthcare companies celebrate a windfall, nonprofit systems try to figure out how the tax cuts will impact them.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Management organizations can play key role in ACOs
A Health Affairs report found partnerships helped providers in ACOs with data, administrative, educational and care coordination services.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Intermountain, Geisinger shift focus to patients in revenue cycle
Patients are now a major payer, and providers need to adapt their strategies.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 7, 2018 -
CHI continues turnaround, Q2 bolstered by lower restructuring costs
The health system posted an operating income loss of $1.5 million, a substantial improvement from the $146 million loss in the same period of fiscal year 2017.
By Shannon Muchmore • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Rideshares fail to reduce patient no-show rates, study shows
A number of hospitals and health systems have partnered with Uber and Lyft in an attempt to help people get to appointments.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 6, 2018 -
TeamHealth buys Dallas-based ER staffing firm
Emergency Medical Consultants serves 24 facilities and an urgent care center in north Texas.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 6, 2018 -
Varied uptake in e-consults at New England VA facilities: Health Affairs
The researchers looked at use of anesthesiology e-consults for preoperative evaluation.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 6, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Patient dumping a symptom of health system woes
Victims often suffer from mental disabilities and nearly always lack insurance.
By Tony Abraham • Feb. 5, 2018 -
Glenview strains relations with Tenet over 'underperformance'
Some believe Glenview Capital Management, Tenet's largest shareholder, is preparing to launch a boardroom battle with the hospital company.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 5, 2018 -
Medicaid work requirements bring uncertainty to hospital bottom lines, Fitch warns
Kentucky has already received a Medicaid waiver that allows it to implement work requirements, and seven more states could follow shortly.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 2, 2018 -
Low-value care tied to $282M of wasteful spending in Washington state
Of 47 common treatment approaches that the Washington Health Alliance reviewed, 45% were found to be low-value or wasteful.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 2, 2018 -
Pop health, analytics driving change in medical imaging market, report says
Strategies are needed to help smaller provider groups increase their imaging productivity and boost revenues, according to Frost & Sullivan.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 2, 2018 -
Changes from DC could mean a difficult year ahead for hospitals
​Issues facing hospitals this year include Medicaid DSH cuts, a possible return of mandatory bundling initiatives and CMS potentially moving hip replacement procedures to outpatient.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 1, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Health industry not immune to workplace sexual harassment
"One of the big picture ways to address or prevent sexual harassment in the workplace is just to push for more gender parity," says the American Psychological Association’s David Ballard.
By Meg Bryant • Jan. 31, 2018 -
Deep Dive
How Amazon, JPM, Berkshire could disrupt healthcare (or not)
News of three corporate giants forming an independent healthcare company "proves every business is a healthcare business," said David Vivero, CEO of the digital health startup Amino.
By Shannon Muchmore, Daphne Howland & Jeff Byers • Jan. 31, 2018 -
Hospital M&A hits new high in 2017 at $63B
The biggest regional health system transaction was the proposed merger of Advocate and Aurora Health Care.
By Meg Bryant • Jan. 30, 2018 -
Flu season on track to be worst in a decade
For three weeks running, 49 states have reported high levels of flu activity.
By Meg Bryant • Jan. 30, 2018 -
HCA beats expectations, bullish on inpatient facilities
The operator, which owns 179 hospitals, saw inpatient revenue per admission increase 3.6% last year.
By Jeff Byers • Jan. 30, 2018
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