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By Chuck Green | 05:27 am | August 21, 2014
With greater focus on outpatient care and, where possible, cost cutting, many facilities now are doing more than "paying lip service" to workforce management.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 05:24 pm | August 20, 2014
What's in a name? When it comes to health plans sold on the individual market, these days it's often less than people think. The lines that distinguish HMOs, PPOs, EPOs and POS plans from one another have blurred, making it hard to know what you're buying by name alone -- assuming you're one of the few people who know what an EPO is in the first place.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:17 am | August 20, 2014
The likelihood that healthcare organizations will take a financial hit as they transform from fee-for-service to value-based businesses is sure to cause CFOs anxiety and panic. Here are some tips for letting go of the balance sheet.
By Bruce Chernof, MD | 09:29 am | August 20, 2014
A newly released scorecard by the AARP Policy Institute, with support from The SCAN Foundation and The Commonwealth Fund, ranks states on how well each delivers long-term services and supports to older adults and people with disabilities.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:34 pm | August 19, 2014
The idea of a new "copper" tier of health plans is being pitched for the most healthy and cost-conscious consumers.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:29 pm | August 19, 2014
One of the most acrimonious disputes of the insurance exchange debut is coming to a close, in a testament to the market influence some providers now have.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:57 pm | August 19, 2014
Oregon is mandating Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria treatment, bringing it in parity with the state's progressive commercial market and also putting pressure on other states and insurers.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:32 am | August 19, 2014
Insurers may need to find new ways to control costs for specialty drugs, as more states add limits to cost-sharing and utilization continues to grow.
By John Andrews | 09:19 am | August 19, 2014
Attitudes toward healthcare financing have been fairly conservative ever since the general economy collapsed with the stock market in 2008, but opportunities are opening up.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 05:15 pm | August 18, 2014
From a real estate perspective, the healthcare landscape is dramatically changing. The massive, monolithic structures that have come to represent the acute care setting are becoming more stratified in smaller buildings across wider swaths of a community.