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By Richard Pizzi | 10:29 am | July 23, 2014
South Nassau Communities Hospital CFO Mark Bogen spoke with Healthcare Finance News about risk, controlling costs and revenue challenges for his Oceanside, N.Y.-based organization.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:26 pm | July 22, 2014
If all goes according to plan, next year many Arkansas Medicaid beneficiaries will be required to make monthly contributions to so-called Health Independence Accounts.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:19 pm | July 22, 2014
In the latest battle of the health reform wars, four words could bring down the Affordable Care Act's main insurance expansion policy, depending on which court interpretations gain traction.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:58 am | July 22, 2014
A direct primary care company is targeting employers with a new self-funding model that could spell disruption for the third-party administrator business.
By Susan Jaffe | 10:44 am | July 22, 2014
Medicare officials have allowed patients at dozens of hospitals participating in pilot projects across the country to be exempted from the controversial requirement that limits nursing home coverage to seniors admitted to a hospital for at least three days.
By Rodney J. Moore | 10:26 am | July 22, 2014
Hospitals are increasingly making reducing hospital-acquired infections and readmissions a priority -- and saving millions of dollars in the process -- but there are still gaps to be filled.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:39 pm | July 21, 2014
The diabetes and obesity epidemics mean more Americans may suffer from heart disease before they turn 65, challenging payers to craft better intervention models that help prevent serious cardiovascular events and increased spending on acute care.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:54 pm | July 21, 2014
It's a chilling reality often overlooked in annual mortality statistics: Preventable medical errors persist as the number three killer in the U.S. and the source of great waste.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:22 pm | July 21, 2014
After taking losses of $40 million over three years, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York is withdrawing from the Empire State's Medicaid managed care program in six of its eight counties of operations.
By Susan Jaffe | 12:17 pm | July 21, 2014
Medicare announced Friday that it was revising rules intended to prevent the agency from paying twice for the same prescriptions for seniors receiving hospice care. The drug categories in question were identified in a 2012 investigation by the HHS inspector general.