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UnitedHealth, Anthem, Cigna roped into House surprise billing probe
The Energy and Commerce Committee wants data on in-network and out-of-network pricing and the frequency of surprise billing. Private-equity backed Envision Healthcare and Team Health also received letters.
By Samantha Liss • Dec. 20, 2019 -
Gundersen, Marshfield nix merger talks
The two Midwest systems called it quits after seven months of negotiations. The union would have created a system topping $4 billion in revenue.
By Ron Shinkman • Dec. 20, 2019 -
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Hospitals are still struggling with provider burnout, after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated underlying staffing issues and prompted workers to quit their jobs.
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ONC data reveal safety issues in some EHRs
The types of potential patient safety issues included laboratory test results not importing into the EHR properly and decimal points being removed from medication dosage entries, according to new JAMA research.
By Linda Wilson • Dec. 19, 2019 -
At-home hospital care costs less, uses fewer tests, Annals study finds
The findings come as some of the nation's largest health systems attempt to cut costs by working to care for more patients at home instead of in the traditional hospital setting.
By Samantha Liss • Dec. 18, 2019 -
ACA's individual mandate ruled unconstitutional but key question kicked back to lower court
The long-awaited ruling is a win for Republican-led states attempting to kill the Obama-era law. States defending the ACA said they will challenge the decision.
By Samantha Liss • Updated Dec. 18, 2019 -
Providers push back on PhRMA report highlighting 340B program costs
American Hospital Association executive vice president Tom Nickels blasted a new drugmaker-funded study as an "obvious attempt to divert attention away from a problem of their own making: skyrocketing drug prices."
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 18, 2019 -
Few hospitals nab spot on Leapfrog's list of top performers
Florida scored the most hospitals on the employer group's annual ranking with 21 states on the list. A total of 22 states had no representation.
By Linda Wilson • Dec. 17, 2019 -
Hospital group cheers CMS move to pay back outpatient payment cuts
Despite the win for hospitals, the showdown is likely to ramp up again as the federal regulator said it will keep the controversial site-neutral policy for 2020.
By Samantha Liss • Dec. 13, 2019 -
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Tenet sells Tennessee hospitals, urgent care, physician groups for $350M
The Dallas-based hospital operator is largely leaving the Tennessee market once the deal is final.
By Samantha Liss • Dec. 13, 2019 -
Digital assistant Notable nets large system deal with CommonSpirit
Notable's voice-enabled assistant allows physicians to automatically document conversations with patients via their Apple Watch. Voice-to-text and AI products are fueling growth in the lucrative medical documentation space.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 12, 2019 -
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7 solutions to address physician burnout
Physician dissatisfaction is a complex issue, and there are ways besides improving the EHR that healthcare organizations can help to improve physician satisfaction.
By Heather Lavoie, Geneia president • Dec. 12, 2019 -
Kaiser interim chief Greg Adams named full-time CEO
Adams has been at the nonprofit for over two decades and previously served as a group president overseeing hospital and health plan operations, including Kaiser's Medicare care delivery strategy.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 11, 2019 -
Nonprofit hospitals get bump in Moody's ratings for 2020
The investor service predicts a healthier sector in the new year, though health systems will still contend with headwinds like rising labor costs, an aging population and political uncertainty.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Updated Dec. 11, 2019 -
Surprise billing ban draft: Middle ground leaves few pleased
The bill backed by a bipartisan group of Senate and House leadership would require insurers pay at least the median in-network negotiated rate for the area market for out-of-network services and has an arbitration backstop.
By Shannon Muchmore • Dec. 10, 2019 -
Competing House surprise billing plan muddies path of White House-backed legislation
The House Ways and Means Committee unveiled its own surprise billing legislation Wednesday that relies on arbitration.
By Shannon Muchmore • Updated Dec. 12, 2019 -
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Dive Awards
The Healthcare Dive Awards for 2019
From the Affordable Care Act lawsuit to CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo, these are the companies, executives and movements that shaped U.S. healthcare this year.
Dec. 9, 2019 -
Dive Awards
Provider of the Year: Providence St. Joseph Health
The 51-hospital system, which traces its roots back to the 1850s, has maintained a stable ratings outlook amid industry headwinds, and pursued a number of tech partnerships this year to bolster its portfolio.
By Shannon Muchmore • Dec. 9, 2019 -
Kaiser mental health worker strike back on, with potential hit to 100 clinics
The five-day strike now planned to begin Dec. 16 had been postponed following the death of CEO Bernard Tyson.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 5, 2019 -
Disparities between care in rural, urban areas getting worse
"The game is rigged," Janice Probst, a professor at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health, said. "If we don't change the game, we never win."
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 4, 2019 -
Hospitals sue HHS, warning price transparency rule would chill competition, crash computers
An agency spokeswoman shot back that hospitals "should be ashamed that they aren't willing to provide American patients the cost of a service before they purchase it."
By Samantha Liss • Dec. 4, 2019 -
Depression in doctors linked to increase in medical errors, study finds
The authors of the study in JAMA Network Open urged healthcare institutions to remove barriers that may keep doctors suffering with depression from obtaining help.
By Ron Shinkman • Dec. 2, 2019 -
Amazon's new medical transcription service bolsters voice-to-text bid
Transcribe Medical was developed in partnership with AWS clients, including EHR giant Cerner. However, unlike other end-to-end offerings in development, it doesn't automatically input personal health data into a patient's record.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 2, 2019 -
Hospital margins climb in October, boosted by volume growth
Hospitals also saw modest gains in revenue last month while bad debt and charity care were lower, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall.
By Linda Wilson • Nov. 27, 2019 -
Mayo joint venture to operate complex care hospital in Abu Dhabi
The facility, which includes 24 specialized medical clinics, began accepting patients earlier this month and is expected to be fully operational early next year. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
By Linda Wilson • Nov. 26, 2019 -
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AdvaMed lobbied EPA chief Wheeler on cancer report amid delay in ethylene oxide regs
Group purchasing organizations working with hospitals are already seeing the impacts of the closure of ethylene oxide sterilization facilities, said David Gillan, senior vice president of sourcing operations at Vizient.
By David Lim • Nov. 25, 2019
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