Category: Healthcare Finance News

CMS Administrator Seema Verma calls for an end to physician fax machines by 2020

CMS is also seeking Blue Button 2.0 app developers, Verma says at second interoperability forum hosted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT in Washington, D.C.

Detroit hospital hit with $84.5 million false claims suits

The lawsuits allege Beaumont provided compensation "substantially in excess of fair market value" and in violation of Stark Law, the Department of Justice said.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Trihealth spearheading care delivery for new Medicare Advantage plan from Lumeris and Mutual of Omaha

Patient care is expected to improve, and as more people join the MA plans, costs are expected to go down.

How Sutter Health, MD Anderson and a stand-alone clinic survived natural disasters

Communication, planning and the right technologies are key when wildfires and hurricanes strike large systems and community medical groups alike.

How Sutter Health, MD Anderson and a stand-alone clinic survived natural disasters

Communication, planning and the right technologies are key when wildfires and hurricanes strike large systems and community medical groups alike.

Intermountain Healthcare tops list of most expensive construction/expansion projects announced during last month

From New York to Salt Lake City, these are the hospitals and health systems investing money to improve their facilities — or build new ones.

What it takes to enable data interoperability between health insurers and hospitals: Trust and tech

To get to value-based care and a reduction in healthcare costs, Harvard professor calls on HHS to reduce administrative burden by 50 percent over the next five years.

Medicare updates payment increases to acute- and long-term care hospitals

CMS is finalizing the elimination the 25 percent threshold that reduces reimbursement for long-term hospitals.

Cigna CEO reaffirms merger with Express Scripts

Investor Carl Icahn says he will vote against $54 billion PBM acquisition as being too high a price.

Hospitals to invest $2 billion every year in AI for diagnostic imaging

With the interest in AI on the rise during the last 18 months, the technologies are expected to transform productivity and accuracy to help radiologist handle expanding volumes, study says.