While integration of CVS Health and Aetna has begun, judge has ordered both parties to submit arguments by December 14.
Category: Healthcare Finance News
Hospital mergers and acquisitions: They keep happening but let’s face it, the big ones rarely work
The first installment of our two-part series looks man of the things that can, and commonly do, go wrong.
Value-based purchasing takes hold: More than half of hospitals paid as part of the program
Smaller and rural hospitals outpace urban providers in performance measures — except for clinical care.
While PCP office visits decline, stats for LPNs and PAs are way up showing promise for bridging future care gaps
Primary care visits to nurse practitioners and physician assistants increased 129 percent from 2012 to 2016, report shows.
Americans concerned about how hospital mergers and acquisitions will impact their care
About a quarter of respondents thought mergers and acquisitions were threats to their health, and many place more trust in smaller practices.
Advocate Aurora Health to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
The decision by the health system based in Wisconsin and Illinois follows that of Amazon to raise its minimum wage.
eConsult proves valuable tool for NYC Health+Hospitals in cutting wait times, speeding referrals
For patients referred for an in-person specialty care visit, the median wait time decreased from 50 days before eConsult to 28 days with similar results for high-urgency patients.
Hospital-wide scores underestimate readmission risk in neurocritical care patients
Thirty-day hospital readmission risk has become an important measure of the quality of hospital care, and is closely tied to reimbursement.
What digital transformation demands: the entire C-suite’s influence
Information and technology comprise the backbone of smart, digital hospitals and systems. CIOs are leading that next-generation of healthcare and, in so doing, spending increasing amounts of time interacting with all top executives to shape the future …
Digital transformation: 3 charts spotlight what top business decision makers need to know
Here’s a look at what hospitals need to move forward, top priorities and the biggest obstacles they face today.
