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Analysis: Pulling back curtain on hospital prices adds new wrinkle in cost control
What has long been shrouded in darkness is now being thrown into the light.
MGMA: Majority of practices say cost of care outweighs Medicare reimbursements
Massive gaps leave practices more dependent on reimbursement from commercial payers and commercial contracts, raise the potential of shrinking number of Medicare patients accepted.
HIMSS TV at HIMSS19: List of experts, thought leaders keeps growing!
Sentara healthcare CIO, CISO to share insights, expertise with HIMSS TV audience at the global conference in Orlando next week!
Walgreens settles False Claims suits for $270 million
Two cases emerged from whistleblower claims about improper billing related to discounted drug prices and insulin pens.
38 hospitals sue HHS over site-neutral payment rule
Hospitals named in the suit include Vanderbilt Medical Center, Atrium Health, Rush University Medical Center, Ochsner Clinic Foundation and Montefiore Health System.
AHIP advocacy group questions Medicare Advantage payment changes
Massachusetts General Hospital plans massive $1 billion expansion that will add a million square feet, 450 beds
Expansion will be located within the current MGH campus and will include a 12-story pair of connected towers; funding efforts are already underway.
How Kaiser Permanente saved $8.6 million sharing medical equipment and reimagined asset management
Loyola Medicine, Palos Health expand partnership with plans to fully merge
The two systems have signed a non-binding letter of intent and due diligence is expected to take several months.
Rising drug costs are gut punch to hospital budgets, triggering staff and service cuts, other changes
Average total spend per hospital admission rose 18.5 percent between FYs 2015 and 2017, spawning roughly $1.8 million in new spending, study says.
