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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced the first group of prospective winners of its Health Care Innovation Awards. The winners could receive receive $2 million to $18 million each over three years for trying innovative care models.
With millions of Americans on new health insurance exchange plans now responsible for high deductibles, hospitals, drug makers, insurers and regulators are entering a new frontier of payment disputes.
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending May 23, 2014.
With the Massachusetts Attorney General granting Partners Healthcare System a long-term lease on life as the dominant provider in Eastern Massachusetts, it's almost certain that the state and its residents will continue to pay above-average healthcare costs.
With millions of Americans on new exchange plans now responsible for high deductibles, hospitals, drug makers, insurers and regulators are entering a new frontier of payment disputes.
As more exchange enrollment data emerges, so too is a premium strategy that in the long-run may act as a market check of sorts.
Highmark is changing its CEO for the third time in as many years. An executive whose work spans jewelry, fabrics and eyeglasses is taking the helm of a new integrated payer-provider in the early stages of a market war.
The healthcare industry recognizes the need to reduce its impact on the environment, yet sustainability isn't always a high priority among the decision makers at individual U.S. hospitals. Here are some ideas to help your facility get started.
Hospital ownership of physician practices appears to lead to statistically and economically significant increases in hospital prices and spending, according to a recent study published in Health Affairs. But that doesn't mean providers should retreat from integration and tighter alignment.
The breakthrough hepatitis drug Sovaldi has sparked a vigorous debate about the financial sustainability of U.S. healthcare and the role of government in regulating prices.