The CMS is distributing unspent Obamacare funds to support the marketplaces in 30 states and D.C., with an emphasis on exchange flexibility.
Category: Modern Healthcare
Virtual-reality simulations offer medical residents hands-on practice
Virtual reality is emerging in healthcare as a high-tech solution to problems as varied as training doctors, reducing medical errors and helping patients manage pain.
DMC outpatient pharmacy plan with Walgreens encounters problems
When Detroit Medical Center sold its seven hospital outpatient pharmacies to Walgreens Co. earlier this year, DMC pharmacy managers warned that Walgreens at DMC had no contractual relationship with several major insurers for hundreds of DMC patients.
Nearly 20% of Medicare radiation therapy planning payments were improper, OIG says
An HHS watchdog found hospitals wrongly billed Medicare for up to $25 million in cancer treatments, accounting for a nearly 25% bump in their bundled payments.
Q&A with Miami Cancer Institute CEO Michael Zinner on the growing need for cancer care
Cancer care is quickly expanding to meet demand. One recent entry is the Miami Cancer Institute. The goal, CEO Dr. Michael Zinner said, is to offer the best of a community hospital setting and marry it to an academic cancer center — Memorial…
HCA marks golden anniversary with New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell
HCA Healthcare helped mark its 50th anniversary by ringing the opening bell Aug. 14 at the New York Stock Exchange.
Nurse uses medicine bottle caps to create colorful mosaic
A La Peer Health Systems nurse uses medicine caps to create a colorful mosaic spelling out her system’s name.
Week ahead: Interoperability, Medicaid fraud will be hot topics
Interoperability, Medicaid fraud, Premier’s latest financial results and a listening session on proposed changes to Medicare’s physician fee schedule will be in the news this week.
Why Oscar Health wants a piece of the Medicare Advantage pie
Many health insurers are investing in privatized Medicare as well as the provider organizations that can improve the quality and lower the cost of seniors’ care as the pool of eligible beneficiaries grows.
‘Medicare for all’ proves to be tricky issue for Democrats
Progressive Democrats want to wrestle “Medicare for all” into their party’s platform. But strategists, industry and the results of recent primaries say the country isn’t ready for it yet.
