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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:08 pm | February 19, 2015
Corporate wellness skeptics are out early this year, arguing that the data is squarely on their side and that simpler, laissez faire approaches could be more effective.
By Anthony Brino | 12:56 pm | February 19, 2015
Productivity grew 0.78 percent for heart attacks, 0.62 percent for heart failure, and 1.90 percent for pneumonia.
By Susan Morse | 11:14 am | February 19, 2015
Salinas, California topped spending for all three procedures: $60,375 for a coronary stent placement; $57,990 for a total hip replacement; and $25,924 for a laparoscopic appendectomy.
By Henry Powderly | 10:29 am | February 19, 2015
HIMSS task force leader says healthcare providers should use the time ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline wisely … or else.
By Susan Morse | 04:34 pm | February 18, 2015
The state needs to create and fill 13,568 residency positions to fully resolve the physician shortage by 2025.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:13 pm | February 18, 2015
Once again, insurance practices on cost-sharing and reimbursement for out-of-network providers and PPOs are ending up in dispute, with backlash from providers and customers.
By Susan Morse | 02:23 pm | February 18, 2015
An estimated $22 billion in healthcare spending would be lost due to those losing coverage under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report by the Urban Institute of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
By Anthony Brino | 01:50 pm | February 18, 2015
CEO Stephen Klasko pitches telehealth, clinic focus as he manages the merger between the top academic medical center and the suburban Abington Health hospital system.
By Henry Powderly | 11:19 am | February 18, 2015
Membership in the company's health plan grew by 510,000 in the year to nearly 9.6 million.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:58 am | February 18, 2015
Slow response to "balance billing" problem stinging for consumers blindsided by out-of-network charges.