The deal creates one of the largest U.S. hospital owners, encompassing 139 hospitals and accounting for $28 billion in annual revenue.
Category: Healthcare Finance News
Six Deep-Dive Symposiums at HIMSS Annual Conference
HIMSS is accepting speaker proposals for six pre-conference symposiums on Monday, Feb. 11 in Orlando.
Medicare Advantage growth drives UnitedHealth’s strong earnings
UnitedHealth Group’s third quarter earnings from operations grew 12.3 percent over last year.
Cost transformation is imperative, but hospital efforts are lagging behind, survey shows
Close to 60 percent of responding executives say their organizations have processes and structures in place to achieve cost transformation goals.
Anthem pays $16 million in record HIPAA settlement for data breach
Anthem is being held responsible for cyber attacks that stole the protected health information of close to 79 million people.
Drug companies are being required to post list prices in television ads
Any such requirement would raise significant legal issues, including First Amendment concerns, PhRMA says.
Former Maine DHHS commissioner Mary Mayhew to lead federal Medicaid program
Mayhew will oversee the federal program as waivers for work requirements reduce the number of beneficiaries.
Americans still confused about healthcare law, survey finds
The majority of people are unaware of the basic benefits that Healthcare.gov plans have to cover, as well as changes made to healthcare law in 2018.
Aetna to pay $365,000 civil fine, on top of $17 million, to settle envelope breach
The settlement with New Jersey resolves two separate privacy breaches regarding members HIV/AIDS status and those with AFib.
Interoperability remains limited, according to the National Academy of Medicine
Establish an ongoing procurement strategy and avoid the purchase of individual software and hardware, experts say.
