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By Susan Morse | 11:22 am | July 12, 2016
Humana stock fell by 9 percent last week and a recent report gives the merger a 50/50 chance of happening.
By Tom Sullivan | 10:47 am | July 12, 2016
More than half of hospitals are not currently using revenue cycle vendors claims denials management tools, according to a new survey from Healthcare IT News sister company HIMSS Analytics, and that reality presents a large opportunity for providers to get more expedient payment.
By Jeff Lagasse | 05:13 pm | July 11, 2016
Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Florida will open the first phase of a newly reconstructed emergency department this month, the renovation of the current emergency department space, and new patient tower.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:31 pm | July 11, 2016
HealthSouth Corporation is planning a physical rehabilitation hospital in Alabama's Shelby County, the health system announced Monday. Financial terms of the project were not disclosed.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 03:42 pm | July 11, 2016
NYU Langone Medical Center and Winthrop-University Hospital have signed a non-binding letter of intent that would unite the two prominent organizations in the creation of an integrated healthcare network for the New York metro area.
By Susan Morse | 03:07 pm | July 11, 2016
The Office of Rural Health Policy has announced the nine providers that will receive the first of $4 million in federal funding over the next three years.
By Susan Morse | 12:41 pm | July 11, 2016
Oregon's Health Co-op went into state receivership by court petition on Monday, according to the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Financial Regulation.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:00 pm | July 11, 2016
High-need individuals who cost the public or private sectors $50,000 or more in a single year top the list of the most expensive sources of healthcare costs, according to a study released by the American Health Policy Institute.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:09 am | July 11, 2016
Provider directories for some health plans sold through Covered California and in the private market are so inaccurate that they create an "awful" situation for consumers trying to find doctors, according to the lead author of a new study published in the journal Health Affairs.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:25 pm | July 08, 2016
Integrated healthcare delivery and financing company UPMC is taking steps to thwart wasteful spending and high costs in forming an independent company called Pensiamo, which aims to help hospitals improve supply chain performance with a source-to-pay offering, including cognitive analytics with IBM Watson Health Technologies.