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DaVita, Fresenius beat back costly dialysis measure in Calif.
Dialysis giants DaVita Healthcare Partners and Fresenius Medical won a hard fought—and expensive—victory Tuesday night when California voters shot down Proposition 8.
Medicaid expansion scores election wins and losses across the country
From the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains to New England, Medicaid expansion got a big boost Tuesday from successful ballot initiatives in three states and gubernatorial victories by two Democrats who made expansion a central issue.
Maine voters reject universal home care referendum
Ballot measure would have hiked taxes to cover no-cost, at-home healthcare services for seniors and disabled people regardless of income level.
Massachusetts voters reject mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios
Massachusetts voters rejected a ballot measure to institute mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios next year. California is the only state to have a similar law.
Premier to acquire Stanson Health in $51.5 million deal
Stanson Health, which was founded by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Dr. Scott Weingarten, provides software that feeds real-time clinical data into electronic health records to guide the most appropriate care.
AI shows success in reducing premature births
Kentucky-based Medicaid managed-care health insurer Passport Health Plan has introduced a pilot program to address the high rate of premature births among its members by using analytics to identify at-risk patients earlier in their pregnancies.
Kenneth Myers, former CEO who served Beaumont for 30 years, dies at 86
Kenneth Myers started his career with the Burroughs Corp. in Detroit. In 1966, he made his way to William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., where he began as controller and ended his career 30 years later as CEO.
$4M in medical education funds illegally claimed by hospitals
HHS’ Office of Inspector General found hospitals fraudulently either double counted the number of interns and residents they had or claimed some working at other hospitals to get more graduate medical education funds.
Democrats win largest share of hospital, nursing home donations
Senate Democratic candidates have been the biggest recipients of provider dollars this campaign cycle. Hospitals and nursing homes have ramped up their share of contributions to that party by more than 31 percentage points in the runup to the vote.
Federal appellate court won’t reconsider risk-corridor payment decision
A federal appellate court refused to rehear Moda Health Plan and Land of Lincoln’s appeal to recoup billions of dollars in unpaid risk-corridor payments. The case could head to the U.S. Supreme Court.
