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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:38 pm | November 04, 2013
More Medicare Advantage plans have earned four stars or higher in the CMS Star Ratings program for 2014, increasing to 43 percent from 27 percent of plans in 2013, an Avalere analysis has found.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:27 pm | November 04, 2013
Medicare has paid millions in claims for deceased beneficiaries and undocumented immigrants, a government investigation has found.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 pm | November 04, 2013
When President Obama addressed massive problems with the federal health-insurance exchange website last week, he couldn't cite any actual enrollments in health plans offered through the site.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:07 am | November 04, 2013
The board of WellCare Health Plans is looking for a new CEO, and is hoping to find someone to expand Medicaid and Medicare managed care.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:51 am | November 04, 2013
A larger number of hospitals are showing improvements in their quality of care said the Joint Commission in its annual report on quality and safety of hospitals.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 04:33 pm | November 01, 2013
Covered California, the state's public health insurance exchange, has removed one of its 12 health plans from the site, effectively barring consumers from selecting the insurer until further notice.
By Fiona Jensen | 03:03 pm | November 01, 2013
In "Developing Physician Leaders for Successful Clinical Integration," co-author Carson F. Dye talks about physician leadership.
By Mary Mosquera | 12:05 pm | November 01, 2013
Community Health Systems reported a sharp drop in earnings for the third quarter and lowered its full-year earnings outlook on the challenging environment for healthcare providers and sliding patient volume.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:09 am | November 01, 2013
The Treasury Department is relaxing the Internal Revenue Services' 29-year-old "use-it-or-lose-it" rule for health flexible spending arrangements, a gesture to businesses from the Obama Administration amid health reform's insurance upheaval.
By Fiona Jensen | 10:54 am | November 01, 2013
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending November 1, 2013.