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The ACA has ushered in a whole new world for back-office management at behavioral health centers.
In 2007, BCBS of Massachusetts asked Lowell General Hospital to accept a monthly capitated payment to care for its HMO members. The hospital simultaneously saw the potential and recognized the risks.
The National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission have announced the 2013 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is comparing the effectiveness of CT scans for colorectal cancer along with other alternatives to the standard colonoscopy, in the first step to getting Medicare and private insurers to cover new screenings for the nation's second-leading cause of cancer death.
Continuing a trend in the retail economy, Target is ending health insurance options for part-time employees and sending them to health insurance exchanges, following the likes of Home Depot and Walgreens.
GE's acquisition of the company is meant to bolster its healthcare data and analytics offerings and complement its hospital operations management portfolio.
The trend of CEOs being hired with business development and financial management expertise but no healthcare experience has spurred much discussion in the healthcare community. Healthcare Finance News talked to some "insiders" to get the pulse of the conversation.
Health savings accounts are growing more than ever, and possibly eating into health reimbursement accounts for the first time since researchers have been tracking the plans.
Most employees who recently started buying their insurance through a private exchange report a fair amount of satisfaction with their choices, although whether that ends up saving employers and employees money still isn't clear.
As they try to get a better handle on population health management and member engagement, payers are increasingly looking to consumer-facing technologies for help, according to the latest report from Chilmark Research.