Category: Healthcare Finance News

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.

Part D plans take on more risk in new CMMI model

CMS also updates Medicare Advantage value-based insurance design, offering more benefits to attract beneficiaries and increase competition.

Delivery robot poised to create efficiencies, save on operational costs for hospitals

Modeled after a robot from the Star Wars films, Relay offers a potential escape hatch for healthcare pros who’d rather avoid lugging stuff around.

Blue Cross North Carolina and 5 major health systems enter contract to share in outcomes and costs

The Blue Premier model ties total payments to the health systems’ ability to manage costs and overall performance, as measured by industry standards.

Healthcare business and financial analytics market to hit $50B by 2024

Contributing factors include mandates to curb costs, increasing regulatory requirements and growing EHR adoption.

CVS Caremark, Walmart reach agreement to continue in-network coverage

CVS Caremark, Walmart disagreed over reimbursement rates in the commercial and managed Medicaid pharmacy network.

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.

CMS considers ending silver-loading in 2020 proposed payment rule

Agency instead offers insurers a reduction in user fees for participating in the Affordable Care Act market.

Chance of depression in new doctors depends on where they train, research shows

Those in programs with longer hours, less faculty mentoring and more research focus had higher depression scores.

Here’s the lineup of HIMSS19 keynote speakers

HHS Secretary Alex Azar joins the roster, which also features Aneesh Chopra, Karen DeSalvo, Michael Levitt, Mick Ebeling, Seema Verma and Susan Devore.