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The drought in California has everyone concerned that food prices will skyrocket, but so far, the impact of the severe weather has been low for most hospitals, and where felt, strategies have been implemented to minimize the damage.
Healthcare organizations are creating mountains of data and to tap that data's full potential, they need data analysts.
While more payers and providers are trying to pursue value-based reimbursement models, some insurers are finding themselves fighting back against questionable fee-for-service schemes.
The federal government's employee advocate is trying to draw a line in the sand for wellness programs, and raising questions about the value and legality of some employers' incentive-based cost containment strategies.
It wasn't all that long ago that most surgeries, and many medical and diagnostic procedures, required patients to plan for an inpatient hospital stay. But times have changed.
How much leeway do employers and insurers have in deciding whether they'll cover contraceptives without charge and in determining which methods make the cut? Not much, as it turns out, but that hasn't stopped some from trying.
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending August 22, 2014.
An agreement reached this past spring between the California Hospital Association and the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West has been deemed a "breakthrough" in labor relations. The contract, however, has also stirred up controversy between labor and hospitals.
U.S. employers plan to continue offering health insurance plans to their employees, even in the face of rising healthcare costs and the availability of the exchanges.
Over a five-year period, five programs sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network to improve the quality of certain medical and surgical procedures performed in Michigan hospitals, have produced $597 million in healthcare cost savings, and have lowered complication and mortality rates for thousands of patients.