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By Henry Powderly | 03:28 pm | April 29, 2015
More than 700 earn top marks in the Spring 2015 updates to the rankings, while more than 180 are highlighted for consecutive 'A' grades, Leapfrog says.
By Henry Powderly | 01:15 pm | April 29, 2015
Highest scores go to hospitals for ability to prevent errors, accidents and injuries during hospital stays.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:44 pm | April 29, 2015
For sale: Historic health insurance company with one million customers, $2 billion in revenue, some recent losses and mixed customer satisfaction, plus a modestly profitable voluntary benefits unit.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:10 am | April 29, 2015
The Florida Legislature abruptly ended its session three days early on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of bills unrelated to healthcare unfinished.
By Henry Powderly | 10:37 am | April 29, 2015
Narrow networks, accountable care, wellness screenings and health management all helped the city cut its annual cost increases for employee health from 10 percent to just over 1 percent.
By Henry Powderly | 04:26 pm | April 28, 2015
InstaMed is the first healthcare company to integrate Apple's big bet on mobile payment technology into its service.
By Henry Powderly | 04:07 pm | April 28, 2015
Feds say Medical Center of Central Georgia billed Medicare for short-stay inpatient visits that should have been submitted as outpatient stays.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:18 pm | April 28, 2015
For both insurers seeking value and health systems pursuing all things integration, there is a huge conundrum waiting for an intervention: the hospital facility fee.
By Susan Morse | 12:11 pm | April 28, 2015
Doctors have called the programs confusing and time-consuming and say they offer little clinical benefit while detracting from their ability to care for patients.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:09 pm | April 28, 2015
"We're comfortable being known as the health plan that wants to put health systems in the business of selling insurance."