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Molina swings to a profit in 2018 after cost-cutting
Molina Healthcare swung to a profit in the fourth quarter and full year 2018, after taking steps to slash medical and administrative costs.
Hospitals could face new CMS notification requirements
Hospitals will have to identify and send patient notifications to their doctors if their EHR system is up to the task.
Medicare, Medicaid contain costs better than private insurers, study says
While Republican lawmakers insist trimming Medicare and Medicaid is the only way to rein in federal spending, researchers have found the programs have done a better job at controlling spending than private payers.
Other states likely to follow Utah’s partial Medicaid expansion
The Utah Legislature passed a bill to partially expand Medicaid, and that may encourage other states to seek similar scaled-back expansions with full federal funding.
Athenahealth’s $5.7 billion sale to private equity closes
Private equity firms Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital have closed on their $5.7 billion purchase of Athenahealth, which will be combined with Virence Health Technologies under the Athenahealth name and brand.
CMS proposes interoperability rules to increase EHR access
CMS released two long-awaited interoperability rules with new requirements for patient health data-sharing.
Providence St. Joseph Health acquires blockchain-enabled revenue cycle solution
The Renton, Wash.-based integrated healthcare system acquired Lumedic, which aims to inject efficiency and interoperability into what are often archaic systems of collecting, analyzing and distributing claims and billing.
Will blockchain save the healthcare system?
Insurers are among the first to use blockchain technology in healthcare, and they are only going to expand its use.
New Medicaid barrier: Waivers ending retrospective eligibility shift costs to providers, patients
Critics say eliminating retrospective eligibility is one more administrative barrier the Trump administration has erected to make Medicaid and other public benefits harder to access.
Data Points: Data exchange still a struggle 10 years after HITECH Act
Despite much progress, the industry has yet to adopt a universal way to move patient records from one care setting to another.
