Category: Healthcare Finance News

Dartmouth-Hitchcock virtual self-care program receives $30K Cigna sponsorship

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Aging Resource Center has received a sponsorship from the health insurance provider Cigna for a program intended to support the well-being of unpaid caregivers. 
The Self-Care Sampler for Family Care Partners virtual program is …

Another home health initiative in joint venture between Jefferson Health and Bayada

Jefferson Health and Bayada Home Health Care have announced a joint venture for post-acute care at home for Jefferson patients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Preliminarily referred to as “Jefferson Health at Home,” the joint venture will leverage the …

Medicare fee-for-service improper payments decline by over $20 billion since 2014

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that  aggressive corrective actions have led to an estimated $20.72 billion reduction of Medicare fee-for-service improper payments over seven years.
 

How COVID-19 has changed the mindset around work and retirement

Workforce shortages, partly caused by retirement, has expanded the CFO role, says eHealth CFO Christine Janofsky. 

National Kaiser Permanente workers’ strike avoided with tentative agreement

On Saturday, Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract, covering nearly 50,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare employees in 22 local unions, thereby avoiding a potential nationwide strik…

Medicare Part B premiums are increasing by 14.5%

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has increased Medicare Part B premiums, deductibles and coinsurance for next year in what will be a significant hike.
The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B enrollees will be $170.10 for 2022, an…

Advocate Aurora Health raises minimum wage to $18/hour

Advocate Aurora Health, among the largest employers in Illinois and Wisconsin, has announced that it will raise its minimum wage to $18 an hour beginning December 5. 
Advocate Aurora is among the first health systems in the country to do so, according …

New spending from Build Back Better would outweigh cuts in DSH payments, finds Urban Institute

Earlier this year, President Joe Biden proposed a framework called Build Back Better that would, among other things, expand Medicaid.

AMA argues against blocking the federal vaccination mandate

Workplace transmission is high and vaccination is the most effective mitigation measure, physician group says.

CMS rescinds final rule for ‘breakthrough’ medical devices

The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services is rescinding a final rule that would have granted expedited Medicare coverage for certain “breakthrough” devices.
The decision to rescind the Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology and Definition of “…