Category: Healthcare Finance News

What healthcare consumers really want: convenience, to start

Health systems can improve competitiveness by meeting consumer demand for more timely and accessible care.

Dignity Health, Catholic Health Initiatives mega-merger clears major hurdle in California, winning state DOJ approval

The CA DOJ set strong conditions for their approval which the agency meant as protection for Medi-Cal beneficiaries and charity care.

Where health execs expect to invest: revenue cycle, EHR and self-pay

Revenue cycle is an EHR-related area of dissatisfaction — 56 percent of execs said EHR RCM adoption challenges have been equal to benefits.

Top 25 healthcare supply chains in 2018, as ranked by Gartner

Cleveland Clinic came in first, and has been in the top 10 in the ranking for the past three years.

Medical University of South Carolina makes first-ever hospital acquisition with purchase of 4 hospitals from Community Health Systems

The additions will increase the size and scale of the MUSC Health network, delivering greater value to patients and positively impacting population health.

Small and medium-sized health plans represent 83 percent of market

Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid and provider-sponsored plans, represent the bulk of the SMB market.

Healthcare jobs to surge faster than any other sector through 2026, Glassdoor says

The industry is on track to generate more than 1.1 million new jobs by 2026, spurred in part by demand for nurses.

CMS proposes giving Part D plans greater negotiating power with drug manufacturers.

CMS is proposing to give Medicare Part D drug plans flexibility to negotiate discounts for drugs in "protected" therapeutic classes.

ACA enrollment continues to fall; Insurers have 3 weeks to make gains

This year, 1.92 million people have selected plans, compared to 2.27 million last year when open enrollment began a day earlier.

Hospitals look to value-based contracting in healthcare supply chain

Almost three-quarters of C-suite and supply chain leaders say their health systems prioritize value-based contracting, although barriers remain.