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By Mary Mosquera | 01:00 am | October 20, 2013
Improving care and lowering costs for beneficiaries eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid is the holy grail of the government and health plans alike.
By Mike Miliard | 01:00 am | October 20, 2013
Venture capital investment in healthcare information technology continues to go gangbusters, with a record-setting Q3 seeing more than 150 separate deals that hauled in nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars.
By Erin McCann | 01:00 am | October 20, 2013
Before you know it, the ICD-10 go-live date of October 2014 will be here, and for those 55 percent of physicians who have yet to begin implementation, it's looking like a rocky road ahead.  
By Nina Martin, ProPublica | 04:56 pm | October 18, 2013
The state of Washington finds itself in the middle of a trend that hardly anyone there ever saw coming: a wave of mergers and alliances between Catholic hospital chains and secular, taxpayer-supported community hospitals.
By Fiona Jensen | 11:40 am | October 18, 2013
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending October 18, 2013.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:22 am | October 18, 2013
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine examined factors what factors may or may not affect hospital CEO compensation.
By Bobbi Brown | 05:12 pm | October 17, 2013
With hospital margins growing tighter and bad debt increasing, improving revenue cycle becomes more important than ever. Here are some tips to do that.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:57 pm | October 17, 2013
Many small businesses find the services offered by Affordable Care Act's SHOP exchanges attractive, but they're also interested in self-funding, a potential threat to the critical mass needed for HIXs to thrive.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:44 am | October 17, 2013
The first insurer to report third quarter financials, UnitedHealth Group posted net quarterly earnings of $1.57 billion, a 1 percent year-over-year increase, with its Optum business contributing nearly 25 percent of profits.
By Paul Cerrato | 10:11 am | October 17, 2013
If you're trying to beef up the value of a medical practice in advance of selling it, don't bother upgrading your electronic health record system.