A Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value Executive Summary released in February shows that since the 1970s, healthcare growth has outpaced economic growth.
The number one reason, according to the report, are advancements in care and …
The average pay for doctors declined 2.4% in 2022, coming at a time when U.S. healthcare workers are facing significant challenges, including economic strains, a growing physician shortage and high rates of work-related burnout.
Interest expense will rise 20% for most low-rated healthcare companies in 2023 and the metrics would further weaken if rates continue to rise, according to a new report by Moody’s Investors Service.
The recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed Interoperability and Patient Access proposed rule is designed to provide patients with easier, more useful access to their health information, according to Drew Ivan, chief strategy officer…
A number of healthcare organizations, including AHIP and the American Benefits Council, have banded together to criticize legal challenges to the No Surprises Act, the 2020 law that aimed to take patients out of billing conflicts between providers and …
The Department of Justice and states of Minnesota and New York have dropped their appeal of the $13.8 billion merger between Optum and Change Healthcare, according to a filing Monday in the District of Columbia Circuit Court.
The plaintiffs asked for t…
An aging physician workforce means many healthcare professionals are considering retirement.
But physicians have different reasons for retirement, and different expectations, then their administrators, found a new survey from Jackson Physician Search.
Highmark Health has announced consolidated financial results for the 2022 fiscal year, reporting $26 billion in revenue, an operating gain of $440 million and a net loss of $346 million.
Without factoring in the impact of unrealized investments, HIghma…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued revised guidance for the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process that is part of the No Surprises Act implementation.
Doctors and physicians have many options on where to work, but not all locales are created equally when it comes to the best places in which to practice. Factors such as opportunity, competition and the overall medical environment can result in differe…
