Category: Healthcare Finance News

How price transparency helped an Arizona health system achieve financial turnaround

At Maricopa Integrated Health System, price transparency became a top strategic imperative after it helped the system boost its margins.

Physician burnout, still a problem, is slowly becoming less prevalent, research shows

The levels are still pretty high, especially when compared to other professions, but for the first time in a while things are looking up.

Planned Parenthood barred from Title X funds under final rule

Planned Parenthood vows to fight rule it and American Medical Association call a gag order between provider and patient.

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital to halt “balance billing” amidst uproar from patients smacked by massive surprise bills

Privately insured patients have gotten hit with bills in the tens of thousands after receiving care at the public hospital which does not contract with private payers.

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital to halt “balance billing” amidst uproar from patients smacked by massive surprise bills

Privately insured patients have gotten hit with bills in the tens of thousands after receiving care at the public hospital which does not contract with private payers.

Keep silver loading for health plans, insurer and hospital groups tell CMS

Implementing rules on price transparency and interoperability would be helped by insurers sharing information publicly, asserts the American Hospital Association.

Keep silver loading for health plans, insurer and hospital groups tell CMS

Implementing rules on price transparency and interoperability would be helped by insurers sharing information publicly, asserts the American Hospital Association.

Rising from the ashes: How Adventist Feather River is moving on after the Camp Fire wreaked havoc

Jill Kinney said in the face of disaster, training saved lives. And as a health system, your job isn’t just to heal patients. In the face of tragedy, you must heal your wounded staff too.

Rising from the ashes: How Adventist Feather River is moving on after the Camp Fire wreaked havoc

Jill Kinney said in the face of disaster, training saved lives. And as a health system, your job isn’t just to heal patients. In the face of tragedy, you must heal your wounded staff too.

FDA oversight of the prescribing of fentanyl products is inadequate, report finds

There appears to be a lack of accountability when it comes to prescribing high-test opioids to patients who already have a tolerance.