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By A.C. Thompson | 09:53 am | November 22, 2013
A ProPublica review of records from the California Department of Social Services shows the state collected less than half of the more than $2 million in fines it issued against assisted living facilities from 2007 to 2012.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:12 pm | November 21, 2013
President Barack Obama's bid to throw a life preserver to stranded consumers who received cancellation notices from their health plans may lead to financial losses and uncertainty for payers and increase bad debt for hospitals.
By Tammy Worth | 12:11 pm | November 21, 2013
Strategy is the name of the game if you're a hospital CEO. For many, that includes a presence on social media. But is that a strategy every CEO should use?
By Mary Mosquera | 11:12 am | November 21, 2013
President Barack Obama's bid to throw a life preserver to stranded consumers who received cancellation notices from their health plans may increase bad debt for hospitals and financial losses and uncertainty for payers.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:22 am | November 21, 2013
The new face of Medicaid may be underemployed millennials, but that may bode well for Medicaid's finances.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:21 am | November 21, 2013
A new poll from the Ponemon Institute has found that security preparedness is still sorely lacking across healthcare – a fact that could leave unsuspecting organizations "blindsided" by breaches.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 09:43 am | November 21, 2013
Medicare physicians will get smacked with a 24 percent payment cut on Jan. 1, 2014, unless Congress takes action. So it's not surprising that healthcare industry associations are publicly calling for an end to the payment mechanism that will effectively slash their reimbursement.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:41 pm | November 20, 2013
To not only survive in but also successfully adapt to a reformed healthcare marketplace, insurers are taking varied diversification paths -- some of them betting against history.
By Anthony Brino | 11:52 am | November 20, 2013
Concentrated economic power, combined with fee-for-service incentives, has made healthcare "the least consumer-friendly" U.S. industry and enabled arbitrary and capricious price gouging, according to the man behind Time magazine's "Bitter Pill" feature.
By Tammy Worth | 11:38 am | November 20, 2013
The lure of rewards points is strong, as credit card companies will tell you. Use your credit card and points build up to be redeemed for gift cards, reductions on gasoline, even cash. One New Jersey hospital is using a rewards points program in the hopes of more effectively managing chronic disease patients.