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By Kaiser Health News | 10:45 am | March 11, 2015
House Republicans refused to advance the bill and invoked a rule requiring a three-fifths majority of House members to vote for the bill to continue to the floor.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:58 am | March 11, 2015
Mental health clinics, psychologists and psychiatric hospitals were left out of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Program, and it's cost them.
By Henry Powderly | 05:34 pm | March 10, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday announced a new model of accountable care organization that asks participating healthcare providers to take on the highest level of risk with the possibility of higher returns than any other CMS program.
By Anthony Brino | 05:11 pm | March 10, 2015
Daughters of Charity says it has "difficult decisions" ahead as terms placed by attorney general on the deal sink acquisition plans.
By Henry Powderly | 04:43 pm | March 10, 2015
Lobbyists for the medical device makers handed out nearly $33 million in 2014 to politicians supporting bills to repeal the medical device tax.
By Anthony Brino | 04:22 pm | March 10, 2015
Office of the Inspector General report said Medicare could have saved $4.1 billion between 2005 and 2010 if critical access hospitals were being paid for swing-bed skilled nursing services at the same rates as skilled nursing facilities.
By Susan Morse | 03:31 pm | March 10, 2015
The Advisory Board study found smaller campaigns have the added benefit of retaining staff, due to less burnout and lower turnover rates.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:21 pm | March 10, 2015
Pennsylvania's smaller Blue-licensed insurer is boasting of some notable results in its accountable care arrangements and is looking to bring similar contracts to small primary care practices.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:36 pm | March 10, 2015
After $300 million, thousands of hours of labor and a few lost government careers, one of the biggest disappointments in progressive health policy has reached the end of the road.
By Anthony Brino | 11:22 am | March 10, 2015
After a fractious price battle with Blue Shield, Sutter Health is offering more patients a direct option through its own health plan.