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By Fiona Jensen | 11:27 am | October 11, 2013
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending October 11, 2013.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:24 am | October 11, 2013
CareSource and L.A. Care are two plans following different models for transitioning dual eligible beneficiaries to their Medicare-Medicaid plans but have similarities when it comes to data sharing and developing a health neighborhood.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:43 am | October 11, 2013
A new study suggests that hospitals with higher nurse staffing levels may have lower odds of being penalized for readmissions.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:43 am | October 11, 2013
A new study suggests that hospitals with higher nurse staffing levels may have lower odds of being penalized for readmissions.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:40 am | October 11, 2013
With consumers in 36 states struggling to access a federal exchange website to compare health plans, the Obama administration launched a new online tool Thursday that lets users see premium estimates by state, health plan and two age categories.
By Kevin Fuller | 09:27 am | October 11, 2013
Healthcare providers are still unclear about the ways in which the health insurance exchanges mandated by the ACA will impact them ... and their patients.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:59 pm | October 10, 2013
In states that don't expand Medicaid eligibility, thousands or even millions of low-income Americans may find themselves in a new healthcare donut hole: too rich for Medicaid and too poor for insurance tax credit subsidies.
By David Weldon | 12:30 pm | October 10, 2013
Anticipated shortages in healthcare professions are causing savvy healthcare organizations to turn to labor forecasting and workforce planning strategies.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:18 am | October 10, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services has asked the University of Miami Hospital to pay back $3.7 million to Medicare for incorrectly billed inpatient claims uncovered in an audit but the hospital is disputing the government's calculations.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 09:26 am | October 10, 2013
Almost 50 million Americans were uninsured as of 2011 and, what's more, a projected 71 million are expected to purchase insurance between now and 2018 via the new health insurance exchanges.