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By Kaiser Health News | 11:10 am | April 22, 2016
Hutchinson, a Republican, has backed continuing the policy with a few conservative tweaks he negotiated with the Obama administration.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:40 am | April 22, 2016
Lowe's home improvement company, like a growing number of large companies nationwide, offers its employees an eye-catching benefit: certain major surgeries at prestigious hospitals at no cost to the employee.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:20 am | April 22, 2016
Some people with cancer, HIV and multiple sclerosis have better access to high-cost specialty drugs in marketplace plans this year, yet a significant proportion of these plans still place many expensive drugs in cost-sharing categories that require the highest patient out-of-pocket costs, according to a new analysis.
By Susan Morse | 06:58 pm | April 21, 2016
In addition to payments, CMS is proposing new assessment-based quality measures, and claims-based measures for inclusion in the quality reporting program.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 05:05 pm | April 21, 2016
Northwell Health has received a $500,000 grant from New York state to help find ways to save several struggling hospitals in Brooklyn. But according to the health system, that doesn't include Northwell buying or partnering with those troubled facilities.
By Henry Powderly | 02:18 pm | April 21, 2016
Almost every services sector of the U.S. healthcare industry saw higher levels of merger and acquisition activity in 2015, according to a new report by Irving Levin Associates.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:28 pm | April 21, 2016
Western Connecticut Health Network is the latest healthcare provider to launch a new brand campaign, coining the tagline "We Know You Well," with the goal of personalizing healthcare dialogue and the overall patient experience.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 11:31 am | April 21, 2016
Boston Medical Center and two of its physician practice organizations have agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations made by a former chief compliance officer that they improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid, the U.S. Attorney's Office has announced.
By Susan Morse | 04:05 pm | April 20, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the first time has released data highlighting the racial and ethnic disparities in patient experience and clinical care measures for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:57 pm | April 20, 2016
Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic of North Carolina will pay $750,000 to settle charges that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Privacy Rule.