Savings opportunities are fairly equal across hospital size, location, and whether the facility is urban or rural, for-profit or not-for-profit, or system-based or standalone.
Category: Healthcare Finance News
Costs of Medicare diabetes prevention program may exceed reimbursements
Subtracting the average payment of $139, there was a $661 gap between the cost of the program and the expected payments.
Vatican gives thumbs-up to merger between Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health
The deal creates one of the largest U.S. hospital owners, encompassing 139 hospitals and accounting for $28 billion in annual revenue.
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.
