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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:48 pm | October 25, 2013
As hospitals work to figure out how to reduce unplanned 30-day readmissions, a new analysis examines what some hospitals are doing to improve quality and lowering costs.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 02:48 pm | October 25, 2013
As hospitals work to figure out how to reduce unplanned 30-day readmissions, a new analysis examines what some hospitals are doing.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:17 pm | October 25, 2013
Amid the upheaval of insurance exchanges, the Department of Health and Human Services is also negotiating waivers with states, from highly integrated Medicaid policies, as in Oregon, to consumer-directed Medicaid models in the Midwest.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:57 am | October 25, 2013
The Obama administration said Thursday that 700,000 people have completed applications for coverage in the health law's new marketplaces -- a key step before people can begin shopping for insurance plans.
By Fiona Jensen | 11:42 am | October 25, 2013
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending October 25, 2013.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:19 am | October 25, 2013
The results of the National Committee for Quality Assurance's annual report on healthcare quality show some improvements but also marked problems.
By Elena Kraus | 10:51 am | October 25, 2013
It is easy to point fingers at the pharmaceutical companies, but to infuse ethics into drug pricing, drug makers, physicians, patients and the entire healthcare system must all participate.
By David Weldon | 10:42 am | October 25, 2013
America has a major drug problem, but it's not the one that probably comes immediately to mind. It is a continual and rotating shortage of important drugs.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:03 am | October 25, 2013
A UnitedHealth Group executive is leaving to run the United Kingdom's National Health Service, a long-heralded institution that in some parts of the country is facing a crisis of finances and quality of care.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:35 pm | October 24, 2013
The main contractors for Healthcare.gov were interrogated, scrutinized and criticized Oct. 24 by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, days after the Obama Administration called in a "fix it" team amid growing public frustration with the site's problems.